Saving i movie 09 project to external drive for future editing

Hi, could someone please help. I would like to know how to save my i movie 09 project onto an exernal hard drive. Also, do I need a specific Apple external drive to save my project onto or can it be another one that i have used in the past for my pc?
Another silly question. If I upgrade my i movie via the upgrades, will i lose my current project?
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
kind regards.

my question is the same... i have all these imported video clips in my imovie but want to save it to my passport/external hard drive so i can edit it later. I need to make more room for my other imported movies.

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