Preview files turn red

Hi all,
since yesterday after re-opening my Premiere Pro CC ( 2014.0.1) project some of my preview files in the project window turned red. I figured it must have been an render error with the preview files. So I deleted the cached rendered preview files. After the system rendered them again, they still turned red. So I deleted the presets( Shift + Command ) to see if that helps, but the files stayed red.
I work over a Thunderbolt hard drive that is connected, but it never had any problems like that before. It started pretty much erratic. Now it seems I can't get rid of it.
When I do the render in-out on the timeline, the red parts stay ( or flicker occasional into the video ) and the color bars stay the way they are ( don't turn into green ).
I worked fine with the project and the material for over a week now. Only yesterday it started to act up. The project itself and the render cache of the preview files are on a internal SSD drive. The video material is in MXF files shot by a PMW300.
Here is a screenshot of how it looks like.
MBP late 2011 i7 2.2 Ghz, Quad core, 16 gig ram.

Re: rendering issue: I'd blame the plug-ins before I blamed the software. It's up to the third-party manufacturer to make sure their software or hardware works with the platform it's running on, not the other way around.
Re: missing preview files: I'd guess that something changed enough "under the hood' with the upgrade that the previously-created preview files were no longer viable on the upgraded software. What it was, I couldn't say--but prudence suggests not upgrading in the midst of a project, especially one that's time-sensitive.
The only way I can imagine that you'd be able to recover the existing preview files is to uninstall Premiere and then apply the update that was "last good" (I'm guessing this means 4.0.1). Then, try opening a back-up of your project file (hopefully you have one), or if all else fails, an auto-saved version. Beyond that, your only hope is that the render goes smoothly with the last update; though as Jim suggested, there's no reason to render if you're planning to export to a file. Just set up the export, and cross your fingers.

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