FCP 7.0 problems opening a large project.

My FCP 7.0 suddenly got slow in opening. Took forever to open despite it having always opened quickly. I have a large project (about 115 minutes) but it still was opening OK until yesterday when it slowed down.
I have done the following:
1) Threw away my preferences and caches using Preference Manager
2) repaired permissions (utility etc)
3) Checked my Hard Drive - its OK.
4) Re installed FCP 7.0
Suddenly it didn't open at all. I get an error code - 1712
What the heck is going on? Can anyone explain please?
Im using Snow Leopard, MacBook Pro
HELP PLEASE?
Thanks in advace
William

Hi
Me just thinking.
Error -1712 = errAETimeout Apple event timed out
• How much free space is there on Your Main Start-Up (Mac OS) Hard disk ?
• Other external hard disks connected ? and formatted as how ?
Yours Bengt W

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