How do you save a folder of videos on your desktop to your external hard drive?

I'm trying to save my videos in imovie before deleting imovie, so i can then download the new imovie from the app store.
I've moved the videos i want to save to a folder on my desktop. How do i move this folder onto my external hard drive?????

I rarely use iMovie so I'm no expert, but the default location for movies you have created in iMovie is Home>Movies>iMovie Libary.
Are the videos you copied earlier movies that you've created out of videos you have shot, are they just stand alone video clips that you intend to create movies from?
I store my 'un-iMovie'd' videos in the Movies folder and then import them into iMovie to create a movie. This movie file then gets stored in the iMovie Library Folder.
When launching iMovie the default would be for it to automatically select the iMovie Library in the Movies folder. Any projects that you've created previously would normally be located there.
You can see what library it is using by holding down the Alt (Option) key as you launch iMovie. You can also use this method to select another library.
Hope this answers your question as it's about the extent of my knowledge on iMovie

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