Project appears to be damaged and cannot be opened

Hi there,
Premiere pro edits made in Trail version of Premiere pro CS6. saved on external hard drive. They now won't open on the new full version of Premiere pro CS6 have bought and installed.
This includes Auto saved versions and opening new project and trying to import.
Same PC laptop but has been recently formatted -
Windows 7
Radeon graphics
Intel core i5
Could loading a beta version of a graphics card have anything to do with it. The trial version worked fine on my laptop but I the full version wouldn't because of a video module problem which i had to fix but downloading a AMD beta version for it to load.
Any help would be much appreciated
regards
David

pamelaproof
Just saw your thread and thought that I would contribute these comments....
a. As asked by SG, what version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
b. I am jumping ahead of the classical questions on your source media, project settings, computer environment and the like to cut to the damaged project aspects of issues. In that regard have you read the Adobe Tech Note that addresses troubleshooting suspected damaged projects?
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-projects-premiere-element s.html
c. But you cannot escape the answers being in the details. Best not to take anything for granted by the person asking the question nor the person asking the questions. SG started off with some important questions. I do not see answers to those questions yet in order for him and others to sort through to an answer for you. Please answer his questions before mine so that we can rule factors in or out as asked.
Thanks.
ATR

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