Opening FCP5 project in FCP7

Greetings all,
I just finished replacing a bad systems drive and upgraded all my software to make them current. The problem I am having is that one of my projects (created in FCP5) is not opening in the new FCP7. It goes through all the motions, it even shows the converted time line, bins, files and etc. but just before it finishes Final Cut crashes. Any ideas?

If you still have access to FCP5 open the project and re-save under a new name.
If that doesn't work, save as XML
If you don't have access to FCP5, or it still doesn't work, take all you media files off-line (disconnect or remove the hard drives) and try to open in FCP7, if it opens, save under new name before bringing media back on-line.
If you continue to have problems you'll be using trial & error to eliminate the bad media file

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Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your suggestion, it was just the one file that wouldnt open. I was hoping there was a different solution to starting a new project but everything i tried didnt work.
In the end I started a new project and imported everything in and it was fixed within no time! I was concerned that this would be long winded but was very simple and everything just worked.
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