IPhoto on my eMac

Recently I acquired a 1T EHD for storing my photos and graphic supplies. The first few months everything worked beautifully. Lately, I've been having some issues. Sometimes my imports abort and I have to start over. Yesterday when I wanted to export I also had a new problem: this is the message I received "unable to create/users/...." The photo did not export. Later, I went back and tried another photo and had success. Sometimes, when using iPhoto and I increase the photo to maximum size, I get a blank (as if there is no photo).
I have a suspicion that the problem is because I have a USB connection with the EHD. I did not think about this when I purchased it. If I had, I would have made sure that I had a Fire Wire hook up. Does this make sense? Am I on the right track?
Is there anything else I can do to make the connection more stable? At least I think it's a connection issue. Maybe not. Advice and suggestions are appreciated immensely!!

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