Problem putting music onto ipod

I have bought an ipod nano and installed the software. I'm having some trouble putting songs onto the ipod as follows:
- have followed the tutorial
- have already got 160 songs on my computer
- have connected the ipod per the tutorial
- have allowed the ipod battery to be well-charged up
- but the songs are not transferring to the ipod (the tutorial says this happens automatically)
- instead, my ipod shows a red circle and the message "do not disconnect".
- note: the battery is fully charged already.
Can anyone offer any help ?
Note: I'm not sure if my USB is good enough (apparently USB 2.0 is recommended). I don't understand what USB 2.0 is, but I have the following: Dell Latitude CSx, windows 2000, intel 'pentium' inside, 'normal' looking usb port at the back of the laptop.
Many thanks if you can help,
vaccav

You will need a USB 2.0 port on your computer. If you are trying to dock the Nano on a USB 1.0, it will probably not work. When I had my PC, it was getting somewhat old & in order to use a 3G iPod I had to install a firewire card as I only had a USB 1.0 port. How old is your computer as this may help us figure out what kind fo USB you have?
And here's some more information that I found by "google" using USB 1.0 which should help you figure out what you have.
On Microsoft Windows platforms, one can tell whether a USB port is version 2.0 by opening the Device Manager and checking for the word "Enhanced" in its description; only USB 2.0 drivers will contain the word "Enhanced."
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