Restore music on new pc from Backup disc made from my other pc - no dialog

I did made a backup disc from my notebook and want to export the music to my nea pc by restoring the music on my backup disc to my new pc but the dialog does not appear when inserting the backup disc in my new pc. The 2 x computers are not linked via a network so I cannot transfer the music via the network.
Please advise

Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
Technically if you no longer own the CD then you no longer have the right to a copy of the music.

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