Transferring and backing up project + files

Hello all -
I'm working on a project and starting to get a little paranoid about the diminishing space on my system hard drive (I've used up about 65%)
It was suggested to me that I transfer all my logged footage and FCP working files to an external hard drive (I have a LaCie 160GB firewire drive purchased for just this purpose).
Question #1: are there any tutorials out there showing how to execute this process, step-by-step? Naturally, I'm worried about losing everything during the transition.
I was also advised to backup my files on DVD under compression. Again, any tutorials showing how that's done?
I feel like the more places I save the individual files and project as a whole, the more secure I'll feel. Having everything on an external drive with a lot of free space (which will become my scratch disk, right?) AND on a DVD will ensure that I don't lose anything.
How do most of you normally work - do you keep your projects on external drives? But what if the external drive conks out or gets corrupted? Is that a matter of faith or do you also save to DVD as was suggested to me? Do you then save to DVD after each daily editing session?
Apologies in advance for all of the questions (as well as my glaring ignorance) and thanks to anyone who can provide any help with this.
Roop
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) FCP 5.1

It is highly recommended NOT to keep your media or render files on your system drive. I'm surprised it hasn't been causing problems already.
Instead, keep all media (video and audio clips, photos, graphics, etc) on a separate physical drive. Since you have a G4, you can easily add additional ATA (aka PATA) drives inside ... up to 3 additional in most models. That would be preferable over an external Firewire drive.
As for storing the other files associated with an FCP project, most people keep the project file on the system drive (along with the OS and Apps), and they generally keep the Autosave files on another drive. That way you'll always have a recent copy of the project file. I do not recommend backing up any files that can easily be re-captured. But I DO recommend backing up photos, graphics, music, VOs, etc that cannot be re-captured.
It's also a very good idea to make regular backups of important files off-premises. In the event of theft, fire, flood or other disaster, you'll be able to retrieve the backup and get back to work ASAP.
-DH

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