How do I save my iTune songs to another hard drive?

I have purchased 418 iTune songs over the years and want to save them to another hard drive in case my computer crashes.
I have tried to do that with my HP Simple Save external hard drive and the songs show up as gibberish.
I see lots of blogs on the internet of people with the same problem.  Surely after having invested in these songs, there
should be a way to make sure they are safe.  HELP!  I am desperate.  Try getting help directly from Apple support.....
impossible.....makes me wish I had used another source.  

Drag them to the drive

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