This solution sounds realy good. I will easy prepare one or two new drives for the empeg.
After the empty Empeg works fine, i must copy the /fids directory of my old drives to the new drives (FTP, directly, however :-) I could/must delete the database for creating a new index, and that's it.

I looked into the FAQ "How do I upgrade my player's hard disk", and any of my questions are answered allready there (shame). I looked into the FAQ for a will, and i could only remember me to read something about a second drive installation.

Sorry to waste your time, I am not one of this persons who write into a board, and don't read/search older posts before.