IPhoto09 unable to import photos!

APPLICATION: iPhoto09
OS: Mac OS X (10.5.6)
LAPTOP: 15" MBP 2.33Ghz, 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
DISK: local FUJITSU MHW2120BH (no errors/problems) with 9GB free space
CAMERA: Sony, cybershot, 12.1Megapixels
MEMORYCARD: Connected with USB cable (SanDisk)
PROBLEM: +*Unable to import photos to the iPhoto09*+
SYMPTOMS:
Reads all files from memory card and outputs following:
" +*Error writing to disk.*+
+iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was+
+a problem writing to the volume containing your+
+iPhoto library.+"
Note:
- Screenshot about the message available.
- No problems before -09 upgrade
- iPhoto library contains 5983 items
Please do something and fast. Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Problem one: You are running out of disk space on your machine. You need to solve this problem first: OS X needs about 10 gigs of hard drive space for normal OS operations - things like virtual memory, temporary files and so on. Without this space your Mac will slow down as the OS hunts for space on the disk, files will be fragmented, also slowing things down, apps will crash and the risk of data corruption - that is damage to your files, photos, music - increases exponentially. Your first priority is to make more space on that HD. Nothing else can be done until you do. Purchase an external HD and move your Photos and Music to it. Both iPhoto and iTunes can run perfectly well with the Library on an external disk.
Problem Two: It’s quite likely that running on an overcrowded disk has caused damage to the Library. Once you have made space on your disk either restore from your back up or Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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