Media Offline/Missing Files In FCExpressHD

Very confused. Edited footage and saved on External HD. Lacie 200GB...Been very careful to constantly save all work on External HD. Been on 6 week trip. Powered down Powerbook, unplugged everything including Ext HD and put away.... just returned. Got back into FCE HD and for no reason..I get the Media Offline and Missing Files message. What could I have possibly done to make this happen. I deleted NOTHING during my editing process and kept saving and saving..Now this!...What did I do wrong?
HB

If it's new the external may not be formatted
correctly to work with a Mac.
Is the format Mac OSExtended?
Al
Hello Al...
I resolved the problem...I physically went into my Lacie External HD..and found the FCE video file I was working on..double-clicked it, FCE opened and brought up all my files/images/video onto the timeline without a problem...
Nothing missing, nothing offline...
I don't know why, when I open FCE HD (FIRST) and go to File>Open or >Open Recent..after not being on-line for several weeks (out of town on trip)..I get these "offline or missing files" error messages...but when I go directly to my External HD...find the file, click on it..and it opens..I'm bewildered...
Anyway...I guess I shouldn't complain...everything looks OK...
Thanks again.
Henri

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