Missing Sequence Files ????

Good Day...
After opening my fcp file, I receive several "missing sequence file...wont play back properly" messages. I believe I may have deleted these sequence files accidentaly (it was around 12 am...I wasnt as mentally sharp as I normally am). I cannot locate them in the trash folder, autosave file folder, or any other folder on my computer. I read somewhere that I need to "delete all sequence files" and re-render the project...but which folder would contain the sequence files to be erased???
Thanks in advance for the help.
Macbook/IMAC Mac OS X (10.4.9) sequence files missing

this is an excerpt taken from another FCP forum I had come across. The questions you asked about the render / sequence files are the same questions I had when I read the thread...
#1 04-15-2006
roxane
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export to quicktime -missing sequnce?
I had been working on my poor little G3 ibook with an external hard drive. I moved my 45 min project (the whole folder) to the my new G5 dual core, recaptured some of the footage and did some editing. (Wow. That thing is fast!)
I'm using FCE2. When I try to export the movie to quicktime it tells me there is a sequence file missing and the movie won't play correctly without it. Then it tells me to search for it. I can't find it, hit cancel, try to export again. Now a different sequence file is missing, I do the same process again over and over.
Do you have any idea why this is happening? What am I doing wrong? How can I prevent/fix this problem?
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#2 04-16-2006
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erase your render files and re-render everything.
Macbook/IMAC Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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