Hmc150 Video files disappear or aren't imported during Log & Capture

I'm having a terrible problem when importing video clips using Log & Capture on FCExpress.
The clips are on 5 different SDHC cards, recorded on a hmc150.
Some clips appear just fine. But when I search for clips after the import only about half of them are there. Also FCE is naming each clip in chronological order, often replacing previously captured clips. This results in no order.
I cannot trust that my computer uploaded what it says is there.
I'm using a 17" MacBook Pro with intel. And saving my clips on an external harddrive. Plenty of RAM. Plenty of storage space.
Why is FCE spacing out?? Could it be the card reader?

I am experiencing the same thing (I think).
I'm running a Mac Pro with FCE 4.0.1 and a Sony HDD HD Camcorder. I'm importing from a saved copy of the Camcorder's HDD (running from a local HDD). I'm importing about 2000 clips, and about 3/4 of the way in, clips look like they're importing fine, but are not showing up in the Clips list. Then I go back and see that instead of adding new clips, it was actually over-writing other clips that I had imported earlier in the same Log & Transfer process.
It's frustrating, and has happened multiple times, with different groupings of clips. There is then a lot of backtracking because there is no date/time metadata in the imported clips.
Any help would be appreciated, or if it is a known and unresolved issue, it would be nice just to know I'm not crazy.
Thanks.
DG

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