MP3's Converted to MP4's After System Re-Install?

Hi all.
Before I had ITunes I had a number of MP3's from a variety of sources. At some point, I did a complete format and reinstall of my operating system. I copied all my songs, among them regular non-Itunes MP3's, and purchased MP4's from Itunes, to my IPod using the instructions for doing that online. Then I loaded them back onto my hard drive.
When I did this, all the files were intact, but ITunes seemed to make no distinction between MP3's I had that pre-dated ITunes, and DRM protected MP4 files that I had purchased through ITunes. So even though I've probably only purchased about 50 songs from ITunes my entire library of hundreds seems now to be in the whole regime of not being able to copy freely, etc. All my songs except for MP3's I've bought from Amazon or wherever else since the hard drive wipe are in .mp4 format.
I'm wondering if this was supposed to happen, or if this happened by accident, or what? I'm not trying to unlock the songs I purchased or anything. I get that those are protected. But I don't see why MP3's which at least technically if not legally and morally I was free to copy get locked just because I put them on my Ipod? Can anyone help me explain what happened even if there's no solution? I can't seem to find anything on the web about this phenomenon. Thanks much for your help.

If you get iTunes working properly again, it's safe to delete the dll files on the Desktop.

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