Won't save clips-moves them to trash automatically

I am importing dv clips from an external hard drive into Imovie 5. For some reason it saved the movie project initially, but sent all unused clips to the trash. Upon opening the file it cannot locate those files. I've tried saving them under a new name, importing files to be used to my hard drive and nothing works.

Hi jknapp - welcome to the forum!
Is your external drive formatted correctly for Macs - it should be Mac OS Extended. Check by Control-Clicking its icon and selecting Get Info. It can be changed in Disk Utility, but note that you would lose its contents by doing so.

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