Problems burning photos from iPhoto 5 to CD

I'm using iPhoto 5 on an Intel based G5 Mac running OS X 10.4.10 with 1.5Gb RAM. The photo library contains about 4,000+ photos. If I pick a group of them (say about 2 or 3 dozen) then drag and drop them onto the blank CD icon I get the following message: "The selected items cannot all be put into the same location, because at least one of them named 1234.jpg is busy".
This happens even if I attempt to copy them to a folder. I've tried deleting the offending jpg, but I just get the same message again for a different photo.
If anyone has a workaround or knows a solution, your help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Bobcat260

Bobcat
This happens if two of the files you're exporting have the same filename. So, use the 'Share -> Export' command and the resulting dialogue gives you various options including ways to rename the files.
Regards
TD

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