General Error (34) Message Immediately After Exporting

Hello,
I'm currently running Final Cut Pro on an external hard drive, and immediately AFTER I export a video, I receive a General Error (34) message but, funnily enough, the exported video seems to be turning out okay.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be? I would hate to loose all the data, and I'm concerned that may be the case...
Message was edited by: lmg-94

My memory is shot!!! I just remember that I had this problem about 6-months ago. At that time I copied the entire project...then opened a completely new project and pasted it in. I just did the same thing and it nows exports as it should.
However, there's still something wrong because I shouldn't have to do this. Tom, I believe you told me something about trashing my preferences. Does that sound like my problem? How to I find out how to do that? Thanks.

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