Help restoring itunes

hi all, I need some help please.
I just have got a new laptop so i backed up my library onto 4 dvds and I have come to restore however it keeps hanging on the same track on the restore dvd 3. I cant find a way around it. All the data appears to be one the disks, how can i get the data manually into my library by dragging and dropping from cd please?
thanks

You are doing better that I am. I have 7 back up disks and I have no idea what the porcess is to "import" them. All I was told by itunes support was to import them and I have no idea where to start.

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