Backing up ipod! Too many folders.. ...

I am backing up over 8500 songs on my iPod.. I am saving them on an external hard drive AND on DVD R dics just to be sure.

I went into the iPod settings under "My Computer" and made the folder unhidden to get the songs... I do NOT want to use any type of program. This worked fine.

I moved the songs to one folder(all of the songs with names like AEOF, etc...)

PROBLEM: I put the settings in iTunes to "Keep iTunes Media Folder organized" and "copy Files to iTunes media" so I could SAVE the songs with their title.

When I imported 875 songs into iTunes just to TEST it, it gave me 426 items in iTunes, all folders of the songs.. (yes, I have a lot of single songs!)

If something happens to my iPod, and I want to put these songs on a new ipod, do i need to CLICK on every folder to import the song in it BACK on iTunes.

This isn't even half my collection and I already have 426 folders. I want to know now if there is an easy way to import songs without clicking on every folder.

Thank you!

Help!

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