Backup purchases to HD -a green method?

iTunes regularly asks me to backup my purchases.
Is there a way to make it back up to an external HD instead of a CD? It seems quite environmentally unfriendly to use plastic every time.

Not from within iTunes. Click on the item in the Finder's sidebar named Music and drag the entire iTunes folder to the external drive.
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Gateway D915GAG_
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CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), Pfc (2.5.0.205), AFS2K (3.1.20.0),
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Disk drive, Generic USB CF Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
Disk drive, Generic USB MS Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
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Disk drive, Generic USB SM Reader USB Device, Bus Type USB
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CD-ROM Drive, _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
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