HELP!!! Everytime I import it won't play because...

I have tried to import my old library onto itunes from the back-up disks and it won't recognize them. So, I have copied the backup disks onto a flash drive and I'm not sure where to go from there. I have tried to copy and paste the song folders into the itunes music folder, but when I open Itunes, there aren't any songs. The only way I can get the song to play is to click and open every song folder, which will take forever because I have over 1,000 songs. Also, I will get the "cannot find original song, would you like to search for it" message when I copy and paste the songs straight into the library window. PLEASE HELP!!!

Try using the add folder to library option under File on main menu. Make sure iTunes is set to copy files to library when adding. This will copy the file from where they are into the iTunes library.

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