Reloading itunes from flash drive

My daughters PC had to be re-imaged due to a virus. She had all her itune songs backed up to a flash drive. No folders, just the individual songs. How do I get them back onto her PC now that itunes has been re-installed?

Hey there,
You should just be able to highlight all the songs from the flash drive and drag them over to iTunes when you have it opened (or if you have them in a folder, just drag the folder into iTunes).
Or you can click File -> Import File to Library, (or if you have a folder, choose Import Folder to Library) and then locate the folder or file from the flash drive and then click Open.
B-rock

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