Moving project btwn hd's

good evening
have a question that I cannot find elsewhere here...I for some stupid reason moved quite a large 2 hr project onto a USB external hd when i was done with it.
Now I have to go back and re-edit some of it.
Would it be better to move all the info and project file back to my external firewire drive? If so, what is the safest way to do this?
I saved everything onto the USB--render files, etc.
Thanks for any advice

Yes, don't use the USB disk for rendering.
If you copy all your FCE data and media (Capture Scratch folder first of all, but also Render files, etc.) into their same location on the firewire disk, that they had before moving to the USB, you probably won't even need to reconnect.
If names are somewhat changed, when opening again the project you'll be asked to reconnect: just select the new location for any file to be reconnected.
If render files are missing, just re-render again the project. Personally I prefer not to restore render files but to render again all the project.
In any case the main point is to restore +all captured media+ and +all imported media+ (pictures, audio, imported clips): all other support files, like audio and video render files, thumbnails, waveforms are rebuilt by FCE if needed.
Piero
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