Cant seem to get all the music in my music folder into my library.

So i transfered my music to my mac from my pc using a cat5 e ethernet cable..worked wonders. and then i put all the music folders into my music folder on my desktop.
i then dragged all of the music folders into itunes and it started to import.. i notice that some tracks are missing and some mp3 files,when i go into my music folders, are listed in my folders as WM files and not itunes files.( im guessing these were the files that i had ripped from cd using wm on my pc) ( is there no way to change them into an itunes file?)
i was thinking about it and maybe im importing wrong/put them in a wrong folder.
In my "music" folder on my desktop there are two other folders named "itunes music" and "itunes" which do i put my music into?
sorry for the long post...im totally lost and i am completely exhausted from staring at my computer screen for hours on end. thanks for any help

You won't be able to import those WMA files into iTunes. And simply pasting the files into the iTunes folder won't promote any conversion. In iTunes for Windows, you can go to File > Add to Library, and then add your WMA files (to which will then convert into a format that iTunes will recognize). iTunes for Mac, however, does not have this ability. It will not convert WMA files, nor play them.
Now, the tricky part is finding a workaround to get those WMA files into iTunes for Mac. If you still have access to your Windows computer, I'd simply backup the files again, but this time do the backup WITHIN the iTunes program. Doing to is very easy. Just follow the instruction in one of the following articles:
How to back up your media in iTunes
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n302392
Use a Smart Playlist to make regular backups of your music in iTunes
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n93474
iTunes: How to back up and restore playlists
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n93763
The backup you make should now have files that are perfectly compatible with iTunes for your Mac.
If you don't have access to your Windows computer any longer, you can try converting the WMA files into mp3 (or other iTunes compatible format) via a third party product:
http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24399
http://www.easywma.com/ (download free trial here http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23003 )
There's free trials available for those three, but I don't know their limitations.
Hope this helps, good luck =)

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