Can't back up my iPhoto 08 my external hard drive

I have iPhoto 08 and have a USB 2 external hard drive connected to the new Airport Extreme Base Station. When I open up my photos folder and attempt to drag the iPhoto icon to my external drive on my MacBook Pro I get an error message stating that one of the photos file names is too long and can't be copied. Then my iPhoto does not back up after I hit the "okay" in the error message box (there are only two options, "cancel" and "okay".
What is the deal and is there a workaround?
Thanks!

Once you've confirmed that the EHD is formatted correctly and all is well (run Disk Utility and repair the disk) try the following to create an almost "duplicate" library on the EHD:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the EHD as the location where you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

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