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is there anyway i can back up the music on my empeg directly onto another HDD without that HDD being installed in another device?

Well, the HDD will need to be installed in some kind of device

Seriously, though, you could put the new hard disk in the empeg, copy the tracks across, and then take the new disk out and stash it somewhere safe.

If you can get hold of a 3.5"-to-2.5" converter, and you've got a Linux box, or a copy of Cygwin, you can follow my rsync on empeg page to back up your empeg to a PC.

Just follow the instructions except that you use your PC as the destination instead of another empeg.