Corrupted files on External HD - crashing iPhoto6

Hi
I've been using a Maxtor One Touch II external FW HD for my iPhoto library. It had been working fine until I tried to download photos yesterday onto it. I tried to rebuild the library, but it kept hanging. The only way to shut down was to hold down the power button for 5 seconds. I've repaired disk permissions on both internal and external drives, both fine. Tried again using OSX startup disk and it was unable to evven start repairing permissions on the external disk. Some of the files on the external HD are unable to open in anything and they are both jpg and NEF. I think it's also affecting iTunes which I've got running from the same drive as that's crashing now too.
Am I better just trying to pull what I can off the external HD, wiping it, and starting again from scratch, or are there any alternatives.
Thanks

Hi again
Just to say that the drive is now not mounting. Disk utility sees it but only has the option for Verify and Repair Disk. Ran that and it's now coming up with Invalid Volume Header, SMART status not supported, and that it's unable to repair the disk as:
Invalid node structure
Volume check failed.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Repair attempted on 1 volume
1 volume could not be repaired
It's it completely doomed and needs completely wiping, resetting all the zeroes and reinstalling from scratch? Or can I do an archive and install and try and grab some of the data on there?
It's not the end of the world if I can't get the data back, just annoying as it's the only place some stuff is stored.
Thanks

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