Recover initials files name and directories name

Ladies & Gentlemen,
I am newby with iTunes, and I look for some answers.
Before I'd installed iTunes and I'd connected my ipod, I have all my music organized by myself.
After that all my files were renamed, directories have changed etc.
It's crazy, I don't want iTunes make that!
Now how can I recover all my entries like before?
Please answer me.
Thnaks in advance
moscaluc
AMD Barton 3000+ Windows 2000 Linux Fedora 3 + Unix Solaris X

The U key toggles the metadata on and off in the Browser. Also see *View->Metadata Display* .
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Special characters in file names and directories

I'm building a site that lets users create directories to
which they give the name they want.
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(_seb_) wrote:
> Gary White wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:15:04 +0100, "(_seb_)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "ça alors: it's a déjà-vu"
>>>
>>> How can I encode this so it's valid as a
directory name, yet can be
>>> displayed as intended when the name is output to
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>>> urlencode() does not do the job, neither does
htmlentities()...
>>
>>
>> What's wrong with:
>>
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>>
>> Gary
>
>
> I know that, but what is the name of the directory? It
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>
> What's a valid encoding for a directory named "ça
alors: it's a
> déjà-vu"? I can call a folder like this on my
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>
>
>
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