ITunes is deleting artwork

I recently built a new PC and merged my library from my old computer to my new one via Backup DVD's, but now iTunes is DELETING THE ARTWORK of the songs, and it seems each time i re-add missing artwork to a group of songs it deletes 50 artworks from other albums, please help, i don't want to add artwork to over 5500 songs

iTunes shouldn't delete artwork from existing albums when you add new art, however if your artwork is predominantly of the store-downloaded variety rather than embedded in the tracks then this might happen if the artwork database becomes corrupt. The simple fix for this is to remove the entire Album Artwork folder and let iTunes rebuild it from scratch. If the bulk of your art is not embedded however this will mean having to fetch the art again. Perhaps the following will help you with organising the task should it come to it...
*How to find tracks without artwork*
To find all the tracks without artwork so that you can update them you can try http://www.stum.de/itunes-find-tracks-without-artwork/ for Windows or http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=trackswithoutartwork for Macs. Use Google, Amazon, Discogs etc. to locate relevant images. Ideally these should be square, 320x320 pixels or above and borderless to give the best results in the various menus.
I say 320x320 because I believe (from using TouchCopy) that it's the size used in the iPod cache so if you're going to crop or resize a smallish image you might as well work to that size. Otherwise 200x200 is probably a good minimum size. iTunes store art seems to be generally 600x600 which is probably a good maximum.
I've not, so far, been able to locate a script to automate the process of replicating art from a track that has it to other tracks of the same album without art (or work out how to write one) however if you have artwork for some tracks of an album, but not others, find the album in the main music folder, select a track with artwork, right-click (Control-Click for Macs) on the art & click copy, then select all the tracks of the album, use CTRL-I or Command-I to *Get Info* and then paste the image into the artwork box.
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The iTunes 12 Get Info dialog lacks right-click context menus but accepts most standard keyboard shortcuts and drag & drop actions.
Delete Artwork
On the artwork tab of Get Into, tap the image in question, use Backspace or Ctrl+X. Delete doesn't work.
Or, tap the image at the top left of Get Info, this time use Backspace or Delete, it is Ctrl+X that doesn't work.
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Select artwork, press Ctrl+C to copy, tap the center of the Artwork tab, press Ctrl+V to paste.
Or, select artwork, press Ctrl+C to copy, tap the small image area at the top left, press Ctrl+V to paste.
Or, you can drag & drop to, or sometimes from, the same locations.
You can also copy artwork from the Get Info dialog to Windows Explorer with the keyboard shortcuts.
If the source image is on a web page right-click and use Copy Image rather than copy.
If you have multiple images embedded drag the one you want to be the primary artwork to the leftmost position.
The top left image box can be used to add or delete art from multiple tracks. In either case all existing art is removed/replaced.
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Select some items, right-click, hold down shift, then click Get Info from the context menu. (Use alt/option on a Mac)
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If you have multiple images embedded drag the one you want to be the primary artwork to the leftmost position.
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Old Style Get Info Dialog
Select some items, right-click, hold down shift, then click Get Info from the context menu. (Use alt/option on a Mac)
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Hey there MotherMarthaMayhem,
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This article provides information and troubleshooting tips that may help you find the media that recently went missing from iTunes on your MacBook Pro.
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