ITunes Won't Open Restore Discs

Got a new computer for Christmas because old one crashed. I regularly backed up my iTunes account on discs so I have backup discs. Installed iTunes and everything went well except that it won't open my restore discs ... none of them. When I put one in, the CD/DVD player sounds like it is recognizing a disc is in there because I can hear clicking and whirring noises, but the window that is supposed to open to let me start the restore never opens.
Last night, I managed to get one disc to restore, but it froze partway. In the midst of that, something called Roxio Burn suddenly opened on my iTunes screen. I didn't know what it was, so I looked it up online and noted that several people said it caused their iTunes to freeze while downloading and they suggested it be removed so I did. Nothing really changed though. What's wrong?

I had to restore my computer and now when I try and open itunes I get this message: The file "itunes library.itl" cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of itunes.
Perhaps try the technique from the following post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11767531&#11767531

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TS1717 My Itunes won't open and I am getting message "the file "iTunes Library .itl" cannot be ready because it was created by a newer version of iTunes". Any suggestions?

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