First of all, unlike most HD recorders, you don't have to backup just to clear space on the drive for a new song. You can simply insert a new drive, same as tape. But, it's easy to make a backup safety copy in several different ways:

A. Backup onto another hard drive in the other drive bay of the HD24. This method is fast, foolproof, inexpensive, and (unlike other HD backup methods) allows you to immediately
remount the project in seconds without waiting for an upload. Unlike other recorders, 2 machines are not required to make a backup of your work.

B. Backup onto a computer using the Ethernet port connecting the HD24 to a computer or computer network. Any computer software that has FTP (File Transfer Protocol) capability (such as Netscape Navigator or Windows Explorer) can "see" each Song on the HD24 as a file folder, and when you open the file folders you'll see the tracks of each song as
individual files (both AIFF or WAV are available). Once there, you can drag them onto any storage media on your network (such as CD-R, DVD-RAM, Jaz drives, etc.) or onto the hard
drive of the computer. You could even have a friend in another country download files from your HD24 over the Internet…after you give him or her your FTP address and a password, of course.

C. Backup onto any ADAT-compatible recorder. The HD24 has 3 sets of ADAT Optical jacks in addition to ADAT Sync in and out ports, so you can transfer 24 tracks at a time with
sample accuracy to any ADAT tape system, computer interface, digital mixer, or other hard disk recorder in real time, with no degradation in sound quality (the ADAT system will auto-matically dither down to 20bits from the 24 bit HD24 recording). Also, the ADAT/EDIT system will allow you to transfer back and forth in sample-accurate sync to any Mac or PC with a PCI card slot.