Help I had to have my hard drive replaced!

Hi
Last week I had to have the hard drive on my laptop removed and replaced with a new one. I'll be honest I am not so good at tech stuff but did get an ipod guide book, and before comp went kaput I thought I saved my songs to DVD, however I have no clue how to retreive them. When I first plugged in my ipod and itunes window came up it asked me whether I wanted to replace the old library or something. So I clicked yes.
So I guess 2 issues. One is that now I try to disconnect my ipod from itunes it says it cannot be ejected as it contains files that are in use by another application. What does this mean?! And the other is trying to get my old library of songs back.
I honestly don't have a clue! But I need to disconnect so would appreciate any help asap!
Thanks

"I thought I saved my songs to DVD, however I have no clue how to retrieve them"
Depending on whether you saved your files to DVD in folders or just as a group of files, put the DVD into your computer, open iTunes and go to Add folder to Library or Add File to Library. Navigate to the DVD and add your files back into iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import and Convert functions
"now I try to disconnect my ipod from itunes it says it cannot be ejected as it contains files that are in use by another application"
By any chance do you have McAfee ActiveScan or any other disk scanning software installed on on your PC? If so try switching it off before you eject.

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