My ipod does not synk music

Hello, i have moved all my music to an external drive.
My ipod only recognises the pictures and only synks the photos that are still on my drive c:.
But the rest of my music that is on my portable drive it does not recognise.
can anybody help
regards
kad

Look at your iTunes library ("Music" view). Double click a song. If it doesn't play, it won't sync to your iPod. Take a look in iTunes Help under "Changing where your iTunes files are stored."

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I have this problem... In the night I connect my ipod to the computer to charge while I am working, in the morning I browse in the ipod menu but when I play any music file, the screen shows the "play symbolo" but the song does not play, I press "pause" then "play" but not works, after it, I reset the ipod pressing the "menu and center" buttons, after it, works good.
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