Backing-Up Music Question

I am having problems uploading iTunes 8 to my computer. Quicktime installs just fine but it seems to get caught in an endless loop during the installation process for iTunes. iTunes, for whatever reason, cannot download to my PC.
Which brings me to my question...
Before I start doing some major "cleanup" to my PC, I want to make sure I have a good backup of my music. I purchased a external Hard Drive to use as my backup drive.
As of right now, since iTunes won't install, all my music is converted to the QuickTime format. Should I backup my music to the external drive in this format? If I eventually get iTunes working again on my PC, would my backup music in the Quicktime format be able to be re-loaded and play via iTunes?
Also, it says the current format of my music is M4P file..whatever that means. Anyway, any tips/suggestions would be appreciated. THANKS

m4p is just an iTunes download with DRM.
To backup everything, simply copy the entire *iTunes folder* (My Documents/My Music/iTunes in XP or /Music/iTunes in Vista) to the external.
As of right now, since iTunes won't install, all my music is converted to the QuickTime format
iTunes uses QT for playback.
The files haven't changed at all. Windows is simply associating the .m4p extension to QT (which QT will play).
After you get it fixed and reinstall iTunes, just right click on one of the files and select *Open with...*, select iTunes and tick *Always use the selected program to open this kind of file*. This will associate them with iTunes again.

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