No track/artist names or artwork after transfering from CD-R

Hi, when I first got my Ipod I was using a PC that I no longer have access to. I purchased and downloaded a number of albums and songs to my Itunes account. I have since set up Itunes on my own PC and wished to retrieve the songs I had previously downloaded. I did burn these songs to 7 CD-R's and thought it would be simple enough to transfer like normal purchased CD's. Now when I see them in my Library the albums and tracks have no information ie. track or artist names or artwork. Is there anyway to transfer or retrieve this information, without having to input it yourself, the problem being I can't even tell what songs are which as they just show up as track 1, track 2 ect. and there are about 7 track 1's ect. Listening to them doesn't help either as some where DJ mixed albums.
Thanks for your time and help.
Windows XP
Windows XP

You have to manually enter in the info. Once done you need to burn them to a DATA CD so this doesn't happen again. More on backing up can be found here http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/backup/

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