Transferring songs from hard drive to new iPod

Will I have trouble transferring my songs from an external hard drive to a new iPod classic.  If so, any solutions?

As long as you import these songs from the external hard drive to iTunes first, you shouldn't.  Just make sure your iPod is configured to sync all of these new tracks via its Summary and specifically Music configuration tabs in iTunes.
B-rock

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