Premier Project Damaged

Hello, I am trying to open a project of mine and I get the error message that "The project is damaged and Adobe Premier cannot open it" It may be damaged because I cloded the computer (with reset) as Premier was rendering the specific project. It was a large project. I would like to ask you, if a project has been damaged, is it possible to fix it somehow, so as not edit all the scenes all over again.
Thank you

> I cloded the computer (with reset) as Premier was rendering the specific project
Why would you press the reset button while Premiere was rendering?
Do you HAVE Premiere set to auto-save your project?

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http://www.adkvideoediting.com/
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The projects on the 2TB drive all open with no problem on the laptop PCs.
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o Using PPro project files on the 2TB drive, with the desktop, generates the "projects damaged" message.
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o Using the PPro project files on the 2TB drive with other PCs generates NO "projects damaged" message.
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Mumphie
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
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