Songs won't update

I have had my iPod Mini for a few years now and have put around 850 songs on it with 650 MB of space to spare. Today, I ripped a CD into iTunes and then drag-and-dropped the files from my Library onto the iPod. The interface said that they had coppied ("updated"), but when I viewed the iPod contents, the tracks were not there. This was also the case when I unplugged the iPod and tried to find access the songs there.
I went through the montions with the Apple "support" site - both the iPod and iTunes are fully updated - but nothing changed. Nor is hard disk space an issue: the files I was attempting to transfer were only a combined 110 MB. I consider myself a fairly knowledgable person when it comes to computers, but I'm totaally stumped on this one. Any suggestions?

hiya!
it might be worth checking on this one:
Windows confuses iPod with network drive and may keep iPod from mounting or songs may seem to disappear
love, b

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