Render files going offline

Hi Everybody,
I am using Final Cut Pro 7 and each time I open the project Render Files show as offline and no matter how much I try I cannot reconnect them, cannot find them.
I have the main folder for the project and I am the only editor using this computer yet it happens every time. I read couple of discussions but nothing helped I still have to render every day I open the project.
I am working on two projects at the same time, but each projects has its own folder and I reset the scratch disk. Even when I work on the same project for a week it happens the same.
If you have any tips please let me know.
Thanks a lot,
Blerta

First, it's always been impossible in my experience to reconnect render files. Just the way it is.
People report offline render files every once in a while here so you might do some searching to see if there's a solution.
Make sure the drive with the renders is on the desktop BEFORE you launch fcp and the project. Are all your drives formatted macosextended? Do you have a minimum of 10% free space on all drives (and 20% on your startup drive)? You might try launching a recent autosave of the project to see if that makes any difference. Are any of your drives connected via a network? Probably not a good idea. Try and render to a local drive.
Have you tried deleting your fcp preferences?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2491
I'd do some basic maintainence and troubleshooting steps
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2591
Good luck.

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