HT1539 Can't restore my digital DVD copies from iTunes or from DVD

I downloaded the digital copy DVDs to my computer. About a year later the hard drive crashed and I lost all my data.
After replacing the hard drive, I was able to re-download all the iTunes purchases except I could not restore my digital DVD copies from iTunes. When I try to copy again from the DVD, it reads "this code has already been used. codes can only be used once." Even though I am logged in with my Apple ID, which should be linked to the code that was used and I am on an authorized computer.
It seems I should be able to restore the digital copies to my computer even though they are single-use codes...

dspedersen wrote:
It seems I should be able to restore the digital copies to my computer even though they are single-use codes...
You are not attempting to restore a digital copy. You are attempting to redownload the digital copy.
Did you make a backup of this file along with the backup of all other important files on your computer?

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FileList:
gertes   D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\gertes.mdf   D   PRIMARY   110100480   209715200   1   0   0
14E56910-B6BF-4C4C-BBAE-F8290C46DB74   0   0   99418112   512   1   NULL   3804000000006900063   BA991D04-719A-4ED8-8EB9-7AF3852D2706
0   1
gertes_log   D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\gertes_log.LDF   L   NULL   85983232   104857600   2   0   0
DED2F194-E28D-45BE-AB05-8F1BBA9478E3   0   0   0   512   0   NULL   0   00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000   0
1
sysft_gertes   D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\FTData\gertes   F   PRIMARY   132872   0   65537   476000000010800001
0   F7660911-3F73-4969-BD4F-E0DAFDBF5354   0   0   196608   512   1   NULL   3804000000006900063   BA991D04-719A-4ED8-8EB9-7AF3852D2706
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