ITunes music files did not transfer afte rebooting OS software

hi there
I had to reboot system 10.3 software- I was happy because I had everything backed up on a Lacie external drive that i had formatted as a bootable disk. So when my iBook came back from the repair shop with a new blank OS and asked me if I wanted to transfer files from another computer, I did, from the Lacie hard drive. Only my iTunes music did not transfer, and so far it seems like I have to import files one by one- I can not figure out how to import the whole lot of music files.
Additionally, all my other files, mostly Word, were imported with the "created on" date all set to 1970, for some reason. That is annoying; any ideas from anyone? Thank you very much
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iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

ctblubird wrote:
Hello
A couple of years ago, I purchased my first MAC OS X 10.7.5
I transferred my iTunes library from my old PC to the new MAC.
You transferred your library to your Mac a couple of years ago?
Or you have been using the Mac for a couple of years and just now transferred the library?
I followed instructions,
What instructions did you follow?

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