Cannot reinstall library from back up discs

Recently lost iTunes & all music files. Reinstalled iTunes successfully but the back up discs I made will not open. Any ideas?

It seems the ability to restore from backup discs was removed along with the ability to create them. You will need to temporarily install an older version of iTunes (e.g. 10.3) to recover the media from those discs.
See Win 7 OS,64 Bit..Going back to ver 10.3 as I wish to use the cdbackup/restore version..I for a previous thread discussing this.
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