Project could not be saved?

Could someone tell me the possible reasons for why this error would pop up, not allowing me to save?

Two reasons:
1. not enough room on the drive you're saving to;
2. insufficient permissions on that drive, or
3. using a "/" in the path name

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Transfer to new PC: The project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements

The Problem
I have transferred a large and functioning Premiere Pro project to a more powerful PC but am unable to run it, stopped by the error message "The project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements".
Facts
The new PC has a 6-core processor and a different hard drive configuration but the operating system on both is Windows 7 and both PCs host up-to-date Premiere Pro CS6 (as part of Adobe Production Premium). The PCs are networked and Premiere Pro on the old PC can successfully load and run the project file located on the new PC, proving that the transferred file is not damaged. Also, preceding versions of the same project generate the same error message when run on the new PC except, very oddly, for earlier versions saved on or before 28 June 2011, when the project was only a fifth of its current size; those versions load correctly. Contemporary notes show that the editing carried out that day was simple timeline editing, ie no After Effects etc (that came later), and the project has worked fine then and since.
So I don't have a damaged project file and don't know what "outdated elements" means.
Help
Any help solving this problem would be much appreciated.

Hi Vinay
As suggested I renamed the additional folder, created a new project, set 'Custom' editing mode, 'Microsoft AVI' as the preview format with 'Uncompressed' codec.
Unfortunately the results were similar to before: On importing the original project into the new project I was sequentially asked for the locations of various files, including After Effects .aep files. The final file location request, for an mp3 audio file, was followed by lots of conforming and indexing. During this process the 'Where is the file XXX.mp3? window stayed locked open. Eventually, with all conforming etc finished, this window was still open and locked. Clicking anywhere on the screen caused a 'ding' and another, smaller, box opened, listing three .aep files. This box asked no questions and gave no options for selecting a file location so, with the topmost file highlighted, I just clicked 'ok' and the box disappeared, leaving the 'Where is the file XXX.mp3?' box still open.
The importing process took about 30 minutes. I waited another 10 minutes, in case something was happening in the background, but with the Task Manager CPU usage value sitting on 0 or 1%, I used it to shut down the project.
For what it is worth, I created a simple new project on the old PC – just a few video clips and transitions in a single sequence (no After Effects etc). This project was then transferred to the new PC and it opened successfully.
Again I remain grateful to you for this and any more advice.
Best regards
Dave

Document "could not be saved"

Hi everyone
Frequent frustrating problem: Often get the error message, "The document ** could not be saved". Usually it is a .mov exported out of FCP for Soundtrack.
Can anyone advise me what I am doing wrong?
Very many thanks
Roy

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"the document.....could not be saved"

I just started receiving this error message on one song. "the document.....could not be saved"
If I closed down everything and restarted i could then save the project. Now it won't even do that and it has spread to another song/project, with even more messages (Minor Problem in Data, Score Style Fixed, Error-Csong::CreateSeq-Illegal Block Size) the prject then opens up but there are no regions or tracks in the arrange window. These projects are very basic audio files (WAV) and few plug-ins, basic rock and roll songs.
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The document "file_name" could not be saved as...

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I've already experienced problems with Keynote not opening saved documents, which (hopefully) I've corrected with setting Preferences to "Save as Package". Now I'm suddenly getting the message above.
I love this product but I can't believe how unreliable it is. Does Apple actually believe people whose livelihoods depend on this software can risk losing hours or days or even weeks or work when it just surrepitiously decides not to save or open documents?
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In the Finder, control-click on the project folder and zip it. Copy the zip archive to the remote drive. At the next Mac you visit, copy the zip archive to that Mac, and open it and use it. And return it when you're done, if you expect to continue your work at a different Mac next time.
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The data could not be saved because the server could not be contacted - Error

Hello, I'm a beginner in ligthswitch, so, I made a couple of screens and I made the database and attach to the application but when i want to save the new records shows me this error:
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The resource could not be saved due to unknown error

Hello,
After we installed the April 2015 CU on our Project 2010 farm, we have started to get the below error when we attempt to edit a Resource.
We did run the configuration wizard on both the app and WFE servers. Also, we are
not using any custom master page here.
So far below are the steps I have already tried and have not been successful.
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Manage Users --Cannot Save, getting error "The resource could not be saved.... unknown error"

In Project Server 2010, in Server Settings > Manage Users we can't edit any existing users - no matter if we change something or not, as soon as we hit
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In trying to update I received this message: Firefox 3.6.3(2).dmg.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.

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When sharing iMovie11 project with iDVD inmediately message 'the project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred (Error in user parameter list). Finalize issue?

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Error: "Document could not be saved"

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I regularly receive an error, "Document could not be saved", in OS X after a while of usage. It can come after 10 minutes of usage, or after 10 hours of usage. It affects ALL open applications and documents, and doesn't solve with anything but a restart of the entire system. I haven't found any relation to working with any specific application – it seems to happen at random while using any application. And as I said, it affects the entire system and all applications once it happens.
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The next time you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
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