The unit is capable of sending data back to the PC over USB - the point is, we're nervous about doing this due to possible RIAA complaints. At some point we will offer a backup facility which MD5's the tunes and backs up the structure. Then, if you lose it all, you download the structure and can point emplode at your music directories/repeatedly insert CDRs of MP3s and it will re-copy the content.

A direct tar-style backup is another option, but I have more storage in my empeg than in my actual PC...

Hugo