IMovie '11 deletes imports

I'm importing videos from an external HD into iMovie. The files are fairly large and the process takes upwards of an hour. When complete, the Event folder is always empty. I was selecting import using the copy feature, but when I tried the move feature it deleted it off of my external HD and is nowhere to be found on my Mac. Any advice is appreciated! Also, is there a way to import movies directly using an external HD?
When my external HD is plugged in it shows up in the list below my events, but when I click the expand arrow it doesn't show any footage.

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl923
Download this QuickTime 7 and then go back to apple store and buy the QTPro license activation code for $29. It'll let you adjust the audio, put filters on it, or whatever. It might also be that the program you are exporting the clips out of is screwing your audio up. Hard to tell. Do you still have the raw undoctored footage on your PC? If you install Flip4Mac codec, it'll let you even open WMV files in QTPro, then export them as MOV. If they are AVI files, then it's a bit more tricky.
When exporting to iMovie from QTPro, use the Apple Intermediate Codec for near lossless compression, to maintain quality.

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