My iTunes says I'm missing files...Help?

I have a grey circle next to most of my songs in my library. I try to drag it to my iPhone because I want to transfer my Ipod music to my phone and it says "file cannot be found" "missing files" I have never deletedanything on my computersince I got it not very long ago, it is a lenovo windows 7. I need help figuring this out. Help me!

Brandon,
No model of iPod Classic has received a firmware update in some time. It is likely that the 1.5 version your iPod is running is the latest version.
Are you confusing your Classic with an iPod Touch?
B-rock

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