Music and photos transferred into itunes and iphoto from external hard drive on to my new hard drive installed in my 2007 macbook

I just installed a new 250 GB SATA hard drive on to my 2007 macbook computer as the old one failed.  I had backed up my old hard drive on to a 250 GB external hard drive using time machine via a USB cord.  I am having trouble locating my music and photo files to transfer them into itunes and iphoto on my new hard drive.  I have signed in to my itunes account, where it shows my app and book purchases, but not my music purchases.  I have over 1,000 songs purchased.  Any help would be appreciated- Thanks!

Hi aourada,
Since you have a current Time Machine backup of your computer you should be able to use the Migration Assistant to recover your music and photos.
Archived - Mac OS X v10.6: How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from a Time Machine backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4500
Alternatively, if your music was purchased from the iTunes Store, you can re-download available songs for free.
iTunes 11 for Mac: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12283
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Nubz

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