Also, I started to run out of disc space and had to remove many albums from my desktop machine.

So if you're so worried about losing the MP3s, why aren't you making backups before removing them from your desktop machine? CDRs and tapes are cheap.

Also, remember that if these really are your files (you ripped them yourself instead of leeching them from Napster), then you've still got the original CDs and at the very worst could simply re-rip them.

I've had two hard disk problems since I've owned my empegs, and both times, the actual MP3 files were the least of my worries. The only hard parts were re-doing the EQ presets to my liking, and re-organizing my custom playlists.

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Tony Fabris