ITunes freezes when I try to back up my purchases

Hi!
I have been trying to back up my iTunes store purchases. I have 4 songs and 4 TV shows. I'm going to be doing a clean install in the next 2 weeks, and I need to get these backed up now. The remainder of my library can be duplicated.
When I try to backup, according to the instructions in the help files, I click on "back up" and the program freezes. I cannot get it to go past that point, and I am getting very frustrated. Has anyone got any idea what is wrong, or how to fix it? My internal CD/DVD burner is working fine, and can be used for any other purpose. I already checked it.
Denise

Well...sometimes just downloading the itunes.exe installer and installing i-tunes again fixes a lot of problems. You could try that, see if it fixes it for you. Also...if this is a Windows machine, go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools and check your Event Viewer for any wierd errors. Maybe something is hanging the system.

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