Oversized Project - Media Manager Error

Hello, I have a 200MB project file and about 3TBs of source media.
The Project File size is scary since it takes forever to load, plus FCP6 unexpected quits a few times a day (working all day/night long).
I tried Media Manager for the first time yesterday and after analyzing my project, it says my current project and expected project size is unknown with a question mark. Maybe it's too big to calculate or something. I tried this on 2 different computers, first being my laptop, the second being a decked out 8-core tower. Same exact symptoms both times.
When I commit to my settings I get General Error 34 after a minute or two.
Can anyone recommend a next step for me. Searching Media Manager is overwhelming here.
Thanks for your time
-Monty

You've got to pare this down! FIRST THING, Make a copy of the project and put it away as an archive. Open the project. Go to the render manager and toss out all the render files, which you probably have TONS of, in old sequences etc. Next, start throwing out old sequences that you're sure you're done with. Remember that you can always open up the archive copy and get anything you might toss by accident.
Once you're down to a manageable size, THEN try media manager. I suspect you've basically paged out fcp. 200 mb is a pretty huge file size.

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