Can't copy .dv movie to external HD

I have finished an iMovieHD6 40 minute project in widescreen using MAC OS X (10.4.11), exported to .dv, making a 9GB movie. I have two questions:
1. My widescreen settings convert to 4:3 ratio playback in the .dv export.
2. I try to copy the .dv files to an external hard drive (FAT32) and I get an error message, 1309, every time I try. I don't think it is a file size problem because I copied the original .iMovieProject files without a problem and they are large files. Is there a QT issue here that I am not seeing?
I would appreciate help, I need to archive these movies on an external drive and give to an NGO for historical keeping.
I am not sure if this is the correct forum- I could also post in iMovieHD6 (?).
thank you,
Jenifer

Ok. QTKirk, thanks for that.
I guess I will have to reformat the HD to MAC OS Extended for exclusive MAC use. Ouch for the folks at the NGO and their PCs. Unless their is another creative solution...
And the other question: Do you or anyone have a fix for the change from 16:9 to 4:3 when exporting the widescreen iMovie to .dv and viewing with QT?
A setting that I am not aware of perhaps?
thanks again,
Jenifer

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