Log and Transfer Problem - Red Exclamation Stop Sign

I cannot log and transfer any of my files from a Panasonic HD camera P2 card. I checked the other posts about this and tried most of the solutions. The one thing I noticed is that my external hard drive (which is usb) is formatted for Windows NT but it has worked fine for several months until last week. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Shane,
I found one locally but wanted to see what you think. It is a
Western Digital My Book Studio LX 2 TB FireWire 800/USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive (Aluminum)
Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-FireWire-External-Aluminum/dp/B003IT6XDI/r ef=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1307482250&sr=8-3
Will this work? It does spin at 7200rpms.

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Thank you everyone for your comments/suggestions. I have been looking into each and experimenting before posting back. Re each in turn:
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Randy - resetting the in point seemed to have some effect bizarrely, whether it was just this or in combination with trashing prefs i'm not sure, but now I am able to ingest about 30 minutes of footage (I tried an hour but this failed).
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!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/L%26TPrefs.jpg!
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!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/L%26TPrefsToPlainStereo.jpg!
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