Trouble importing music to my Zen To

I used to have an ipod, but it was stolen about a year ago. I have since then been using the itunes player as my default, and it hold all of my music. With my new Zen Touch though, it won't let me transfer the files from my documents and iTunes into it. Can anyone help me?
Thank You,
Sarah

What software are you trying to use to transfer to the Zen?
Normally you can just use something like MediaSource to transfer your files directly onto the player. I'm assuming these aren't AAC files, which aren't supported on the Zen.

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