Cannot drag iMovie clips to Timeline!

I imported some movies from my camcorder and when I try to drag them from the clip viewer, they just ghost out and won't move. I have worked successfully with this same camcorder and iMovie for many months. The only difference is these are longer clips and my hard drive memory is down to 3 GB. Could that be the problem? If so, how much memory will I need to free up?
Thanks,
Steve

If so, how much memory will I need to free up?
.. that depends on how large your imports are... but, it is widely recommended to have at last 10 - 15GB free on internal drive...
to avoid space problems, esp. on laptops with their "small" hds, you should consider buying an ext., firewire connected harddrive. - locate your projects there, the internal hd of your PB is then in use only for the "hidden" temp files of the apps and your system... (MacOsX alone prefers a 5GB just for "being a Mac"...)
in case, you buy a drive:
BEFORE usage, let Disk Utility re-format drive to "MacOsExtended/hfs"...

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