Part Installation from Restore Disks

Is there anyway I can install programs from my installation or restore disks that I recieved with my machine without completely installing the entire system?
I want to restore the songs from the itunes sampler I recieved with my machine without wiping the drive and starting from scratch. If so, which one of the four disks should I use?

Welcome To Discussions Steve!
I don't know for sure, but if your original system discs are for Tiger 10.4.x, then the info in this KB Article Custom installs in Mac OS X 10.4, may be helpful.
If the original system was an earlier version of OS X, then you may be able to extract the info, using Pacifist.
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