Archived Project no longer loads in iDVD

I have an iDVD project which I created on another machine. I saved it as an archive on an external hard drive, copied it to my B&W, opened it in iDVD and burned several copies. Now I want to make more copies but iDVD 5.01 claims that it can't find certain files (m4a and mov) so the project will not open.
What good is an archive that is missing files?
Any idea on where these files may have gone? or do I have to start from scratch?
Thanks in advance!

I have an iDVD project which I created on another
machine. I saved it as an archive on an external
hard drive, copied it to my B&W, opened it in iDVD
and burned several copies. Now I want to make more
copies but iDVD 5.01 claims that it can't find
certain files (m4a and mov) so the project will not
open.
What good is an archive that is missing files?
The next time you want to create an iDVD archive, read http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164936 'Backing up or transferring your iDVD project to another computer' first.

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