Duplicate Copies of HDD & Projects

Hey guys,
I recently bought a new MacBook Pro and transfered my account over via Time Machine.
When I open iMovie '1, in my project library I have two copies of my internal HDD, tiltled Macintosh HD. I also have a drive labled Recovery HD, which I don't know what that is.
Apart from having two internal drives, I have two of every project. I don't want to start deleting projects to clean it up incase something goes wrong. Everything is up to date latest iMovie updates and OS updates.
Can anybody help me on how to resolve this, or re-index my iMovie library.
Thanks

Page,
Welcome to the Discussion Boards,
The only way I know how to delete duplicates is to use the Find Duplicate command in iTunes. Once all the duplicates are displayed in your iTunes window, you need to select which duplicates you want deleted. Holding down the command key will allow you to select multiple tracks quickly. You and them Delete the unwanted music tracks.
Keith

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