MUSIC files stuck in OTHER FILES section

I used to be able to drag music files into the "music" drop down tab from the enabled iPod in iTunes. This would add music to the iPod.
I have JUST updated iTunes to the latest version at this time: 7.0.2.16
NOW when I drag music into the "music" drop down tab, iTunes adds the music into the "OTHER" section. In order for iTunes and my iPod to recognize the files as music, I have to add the music again but drag it to only the ACTUAL iPod tab.
Because Of this, I have many duplicates of music cds STUCK in the "OTHER" files space, which is taking up MUCH needed room.
I need help retrieving the unreachable MUSIC cds that are stuck in the "Other" section, so I can delete them and have the wasted space back. Please let me know if you know about any of this! Thanks!

Hi,
First please check if staging folder is large enough. A recommended size is 1.5x<size of your largest file in replication group>.
Also here is a tuning guide of DFSR. Please see if it could help:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/03/31/tuning-replication-performance-in-dfsr-especially-on-win2008-r2.aspx
Also this article provided many general steps about troubleshooting DFS replication issue. Please see:
Top 10 Common Causes of Slow Replication with DFSR
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2007/10/05/top-10-common-causes-of-slow-replication-with-dfsr.aspx
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