Back up music but not movies?

I'd like to utilize the backup feature for the music I've purchased from itunes. But I've recently also bought movies and videos, but because I dont have a DVD burner (only a cd burner), I'm stuck. Is there a way to burn the music (only) but not the video/movies.

Using Win Explorer, make a copy of your current ITL file (the itunes library database).
Press *and hold* the shift key while starting itunes and choose to open an existing library. You want the copy you just made.
Delete all the movies out of that, but don't send the files to the recycle bin, obviously.
Now you can run the backup command from iTunes, and just back up your music.
My advice is to also test those backups. I never could get itunes to restore them properly, so I started using an external hard drive for backups, instead of CDs/DVDs.
After you are fininshed, close itunes and use the shift-start to go back to your 'regular' library.
Info on using multiple libraries:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/8.1/en/15502.html
The default path of the ITL file in XP is
C:\Documents and Settings\ username \My Documents\My Music\iTunes

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