Hard Drive Replaced and Don't Know How to Reinstall My Music Library

Hi Everyone,
I recently had a problem with my computer and the hard drive was replaced. I had previously backed up my itunes music (some purchased from itunes, and some formatted from my own cds) on cds, but when I reinstalled the itunes software on the new hard drive, and then copied my music files to my pc hard drive, itunes doesn't connect the two and doesn't recognize the music as being registered to this computer. Does anyone know how to fix this? I am most concerned about the music I loaded from my own cds, that are now itunes formatted. I no longer have the original cds.
Thanks so much! Jeana

I'm sorry, but I don't really know how to answer your question. One day I was working on my pc (not with iTunes) and it shorted and I couldn't reboot it. Working with my service contract personnel, we did some tests, and they determined the hard drive was damaged.
They authorized me to ship it back. When it was repaired, the hard drive had been replaced, so I had to re-load all my software. This is where I am now. I never de-authorized my pc. It's the same pc, but with a new hard drive and no history. Thanks for any help you can give.
Jeana

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