How to backup iPhoto??

Simple question, I want to backup iPhoto 6 (v. 6.06) into my external HDD. How do I do it so it keeps my photos organized (folders/albums/slideshows/etc - exactly as I see iPhoto source section today) and keeps all my photos names. I tried exporting the library but it exposts everything without files/albums and with random names.
Thanks!

drag the iPhoto library as a single entity from your internal drive (by default located in the pictures folder) to your external hard drive - to test it launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key and point iPhoto to the external drive - when finished testing be sure to do it again and point back to the internal drive
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