"General Error" when moving older project to newer computer

I have a hobbie /"pet" project for my kids that I have been working on, mostly off, over the last couple of years. Have it up and operating on a 17" 10.4.7 system and wanted to move it to a 12" 10.4.7 for travelling ease. Everything for the project is on a portable 90G drive, and ran media manger just to be sure. But it all runs OK on the 17"-FC5 on both- when I boot the project on the 12" get the ubiquitouse "general error". Anybody have any idea where to start? Preference on the 12"? Just got a hold of FCP rescue5 but not quite sure what "backup" or "Trash" mean -but get a "settings are in place" message- SHOULD I TRASH AND RESTART THE PROJECT? THNX ALL
17" and 12" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

re: fcp rescue. backup takes your current preferences and backs them up. If your preferences get corrupted, you can restore them. But since it's the first time you're running fcp rescue, you need to just trash them. You will have to redo any customizing you have done. I guess you could do a backup then do a trash and if it doesn't fix the problem, you could do a restore. I usually just trash'em and redo em.
Post back if you can't solve the problem. This is just the first step. And post back if you solve it, so everyone will know how you fixed it.

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Message was edited by: kathleen.black

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