Uploading from backup disks, iTunes 8.2.1.6

I uploaded smoothly from 2 of my 3 backup disks: the third would stick on one particular song which was identified and iTunes would give an error message and eject the disk, not uploading anything, and leaving me at risk of losing all the contents of the disk. However, I located the offending song, and then manually highlight, one screen at a time, all the songs before and after it and moved them manually to the library. It was a little tedious, but I got 99.999% of the contents of the disk. What a relief!
Unfortunately, very little works as smoothly as advertised and it's all quite fragile: one is at constant risk of losing one's data for some reason or the other.

Thanks,
Seems the problem was the iTunes8.2.6. Why THAT came with OS10.6.8ComboUpg when my old G5 PPC OS10.5.8 had iT10.6.3. - Idunno - guess that's rhetorical now. Downloaded iT10.6.3 would not install ! Software update finally worked (?), and gave me a bunch of stuff, including iT10.6.3. Short-story-long, Radio's all there, by 5am I was so freekin happy. What I learned from the days of SCSI - Never quit bangin on the thing.
ps: How'd you guys know I had a CAT?

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