How can I restore my purchased games and music from a external hdd backup?

Hi!
I have formatted my iPod and reinstalled Windows. Before doing that, I have made a copy of my entire iTunes folder on a external hard drive. Now I cannot restore my games by simply copying (my thought) "iPod Games Library.itl" file and "iPod Games" folder into the new iTunes folder under my Music. With the music I didn't trid because I dont't have much space right now.
In my purchase history I see I cannot re-download stuff.. Only "report a problem"/"done".
I know that a better option for backup would have been a CD backup from iTunes, but now I cannot go back in time to do it.
So, could you help me, please?

I would try opening itunes using a blank library and try this - just drag one game (one with the ipg file extension) into v8 and see if it shows up under applications.
Don't sync your ipod to it, though - you'll probably lose all game info/stats by doing this. This is just a test to see if itunes can see the file as an ipod game.
How to create a blank (new) library:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/7.6/en/15502.html

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