Log and transfer keeps "stalling" when trying to import clips

Hello folks- I managed to copy the contents of my P2 card to the external hard drive where I have the scratch card for Final Cut Pro (6.0.6) by copying the contents folder and the necessary .txt file to my appropriately named/set up project folder in the scratch card folder.
When I launch Final Cut Pro I actually SEE the files ready for "Add Clip to Queue", all being well in that I can even preview the clip, set ins and outs etc. When I "add clip to queue" it appears to work (in that the wee wheel goes around in "status") and then it stops. Clicking on "status" reveals a red exclamation mark which in turn reads "no data".
Here is a screen shot: http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9652/finalcutproblem.jpg
What am I not doing right?
For anyone's information- The footage was shot on a Panasonic HVX201 with P2, using 1080i/25p on DVCPRO50. The initial problem I appeared to have is that I didn't know what to set my Final Cut Pro up for to recognise the camera which is why I transferred the data from the card which DID show up on my desktop using a tutorial I found. The previous thread (about the communication issue, detailing actions which lead to this) is here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2518674&tstart=0
I hope that someone will see what I don't know and be able to at least point me in the right direction- *what is wrong with the way I set up/imported data or whatever which is causing the Add Clip to Queue to fail?*
Thank you so much, one and all, for your kind attention.

Sigh- no responses permitted, no point having it!

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