Problem importing pictures thru iphoto onto an external hardrive.

I just filled up my computer with pictures but i'd like to be able to import them directly onto the external and be capable to still look at them on iphoto.
I'd appreciate if you can help.
Nigel

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Quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library as a single entity from the pictures folder on your boot drive to the external drive and launch iPhoto while depressing the option (alt) key - use the select library option to point to the iPhoto library you just copied to the external drive - test it for a while to be sure it is ok and then quit iPhoto and trash the iPhoto library on your boot drive - relaunch iPhoto and test one more time before you empty the trash
LN
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