Most of my cd's wont play/be detected on my Mac

I bought and ipod 2 months ago for my birthday and most of the music I added is from my computer hard drive. I've had luck adding a few cds from my collection, so some CDs will work, but a lot of them won't.
I have been having small issues with my super drive as a lot other people have. Is there a way to fix this? I would really like to be able to add most of my cds onto my Ipod but would like to know if its my Mac drive or just a protective thing on my Cds-since some seem to work and others do not.

When you buy your new iMac you will be able to have the installation process transfer all your applications, data (including music, pictures, documents, etc) and settings to your new computer. In the past that was done via Firewire. I'm not entirely sure of the process with the new iMacs that don't have firewire. I think it can be done via ethernet and probably via tha thunderbolt cord using a firewire adapter but you'll want to check that out.
    With the your new computer properly connected to your old computer, the initial booting of the new computer will include the ability to move everything over.
    If for some reason you don't want to do that (smart if you have some horrible software issue that is causing problems) you can connect your old computer to the new one and start it in Target Disk mode where it will be seen as a hard drive. You can then manually copy over all your music and import that into iTunes (and any other data you want).
    Somebody here will surely point you to directions for connecting an older iMac with no Thunderbolt to a newer iMac with no Firewire.

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