Help with backing up files, Toast, restoring comp to factory settings, etc.

Hello!
My computer (iBook G4, Panther, 10.3.9) has been acting a bit buggy lately, and I have way too much clutter and confusion (I have had this laptop for about three years now and when I first got it I wasn't really organized as far as computers go, so I didn't take good care of my files, I moved things around, things got deleted, etc). I know that you can 'restore to factory settings' which I would love to do, but of course I have to backup all my photos, music, documents, etc.
So here are my questions:
1. I have Roxio Toast Titanium, but I cannot figure out where to get the DATA for my song files, and my photo files. I have SO many files that I need to use the data instead of just burning disc after disc...that would take forever and I would only be able to do about 20 songs per disc, and I have something like 1765 songs or something. Anyway, do I just drag my folder that says 'itunes library' to Toast (under the 'data' tab), or do I have to actually find some different file that is purely the data? If so, where do I find that file? (sorry if that made no sense, I'm a little boggled...I've been trying to do this for about two days straight now).
2. Okay, so I have an up-to-date iPod, and I was wondering if, instead of backing up all the files in my iTunes library, I could just connect my iPod to my comp after I have 'returned to factory settings'. The only reason I ask this is because last time I updated my iPod, there were some song tracks that had been deleted from my library but were on my iPod still, and the computer asked me if I wanted to export those tracks from my iPod to my iTunes library. Does this not work if you have an entire library worthof stuff?
Anyway, my next, much more distant and complicated (ha) questions is this:
I have my iBook G4 Software install discs (one and two). Is that all I need ti install all the apps. again after returning my comp?
Alright, thank you for taking the time to read all that. Thanks for the help!
-dmillerwhite

1. Unless you've told iTunes not to copy music you've added to the iTunes library, backing this folder up will back up your entire iTunes library. If applicable, deauthorize the machine before restoring the computer.
2. This will work with music purchased from the iTunes store, when the computer is authorized to play music purchased from the iTunes store account used to purchase that music. It will not work with music you've gotten from CDs or other sources.
3. Yes.
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