headdesk Importing issues from DVD-RW to iTunes

Okay, my brother's computer had problems with his hard drive which caused us to have to put in a new hard drive (It's a long story how I found this out, but the computer was functioning perfectly O_O.) The day of taking apart the hard drive, I erased two of my brother's DVD-RW (Maxell 4.7 GB.) I will admit I was in a hurry so I just transferred using iTunes the "back-up your library" thing.
Then I tried to restore back up on my Windows XP computer and iTunes would give this error code (-69) When I looked it up, well... I had no idea how it applied to me since I do not have an iPod being synced (I'm getting a new iPod Touch in a few days-another long story.) So then today, I tried it on my brother's Windows Vista and guess what? Error (-69) and in addition, the CD/DVD drive is making clicking noises and is freezes up the computer until I take it out. I miraculously accessed it but I cannot move anything out of the disc or copy and paste. I googled this problem and it said most likely, the disc is corrupt.
So, now I have two corrupt disc and one iPod 1st generation Nano with only 166 songs out of the 800 and something songs. I know I can re download apps and the movies I have were downloaded via torrent. My songs though? Most of them were bought in iTunes (maybe around 200+) The rest were from torrents/limewire.
Is there any way to get my corrupt disc to work again? If not, Can I just re-buy songs if possible? (I do have receipts in my purchasing history but from what I understand, it's not possible because songs are copyrighted?)
Please, I'm seriously in deep water here ><

While yes, you could get tracks onto iTunes eventually using the method you are trying, it would be much, much easier using a CD drive. The method you are trying to use will work but will require multiple stages and a lengthy description of the method. To do it that way properly would probably take about 2 hours of work per CD vs. 5 minutes with a proper drive. With internal drives costing as little as $25 these days I'd just go straight for the new drive.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
After reviewing your post, it sounds like you are having trouble importing music into iTunes. A frustrating situation for sure. The first article should help get the music imported. The second article shows what formats are compatible with iTunes.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1387
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