I'm having issues with opening a file from an external hard drive

So I'm having issues opening a project which was saved from my friends computer, while when I tried to open the file with CS6 a message poped up saying it was damaged and can't be opened so I updated my premiere pro to CC but when I tried to open it with this version a message saying that the project was saved in a newer version of Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version. What can I do to solve this problem?

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I shot a short film using Panasonic's HVX200 camera, filming in HD 720p/24p, and downloaded each P2 card through a PC laptop into a LaCie Brick external hard drive. I was originally planning on editing the footage with Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, but became frustrated with how much trouble it was having handling the .mxf files. Assured by Apple salespeople that FCP 5 would have no problem importing the footage from an external hard drive, I purchased the computer described in my signature.
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Okay, I'll stop typing. Thank you so, so much for any help.
Tom
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The problem didn't turn out to be as complicated as I had thought. The process I described above ended up working fine, and I'll explain how. And this is a cool workaround, because the AppleCare helpers told me that they didn't think it would work (FCP P2 import is only supported straight from the P2 card/viewer or the camera).
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