Completed Library export - can't import it

I exported a a bunch of projects as a new library via Aperture v3.4.3, it said it completed. I saw the lib on the other disk, proceeded to delete the projects from my local and went about my day. When I go to import it into another library on my new Macbook, it says the library is still exporting and I need to wait until it's done. I guarantee the export said it was done before I deleted from the main library. How can I recover this export? I see all the masters are there by date in the collection but I've got some projects/albums that are pretty particular and I don't want to hunt out individual pictures by date to manually re-create. Is there a way to update something so that Aperture recognizes the export as being complete? Or are there other utilities to read the export database files so I can at least figure out where the photos are for the projects/albums I care about?
Thanks

Probably should have tried that sooner So it's a little slow but it opens the library, and it just told me it found some inconsistencies and it restarted to fix the database. Right before it restarted, I saw the projects I was interested in and the photos inside so I'm pretty confident this will fix it up.
Thanks for the suggestion!!

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