External drive FCPX library crashing MBP & iMac on copy

Hi All
Brief explanation. Trying to copy a FCPX video library from it's location on a Thunderbolt LaCei 3TB drive - but every time I try it gets to about 30gb of 80gb and it crashes the computer. (Both my iMac and MBP on Yoesemite 10.10.2 - full restart with a black screen and long boot)
2012 and 2014 libraries moved across without problem. (Same external HDD's) - the disks are okay - it's something in this library
I've opened the FCP library package and tried copying the contents - half worked - the rest are oddly light grey in the target drive
I've got a livedrive automated back up also (pays to be safe) and this is saying there is a data integrity issue and not backing it up to the cloud
Obviously there is something wrong in the library somewhere. I don't want to lose a years worth of family videos, but I do need to resolve this issue. Any ideas on how I can identify the problem or repair the issue? (I tried just copying the original media only leaving the rest of the FCP contents and even this crashed the iMac just). Don't really know a way around it.
Bizarrely the library still opens on FCP (I guess I could export it all, maybe) - so it's not the end of the world. It's just bugging me
Thanks
Matt
**Note - maybe this should be in FCP - apologies if so - let me know and I'll move**

Are you indicating that you don't get this window when you hold down the Option key while launching iPhoto?
What do you mean by "nothing happens". What library opens when you launch iPhoto normally?
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