Retrieving video productions

hello. purchased ilife '08 & installed it.
my issue is retrieving videos i've already produced. Process:
1) imported video from hd camera
2) dragged and dropped clips into imovie to create project
3) created "new" projects and imported "new" video clips from hd camera
4) hard drive overloaded with video files
5) copied laptop files to external hard drive
6) scrolled through project library tab on left & clicked on title
7) movie displays video thumbnails which have all clip editing & titling info/sound files/movie length/etc attached to them
8) ...but, no actual MOVIE files inside display thumbnails anymore (just superficial preview stills)
9) yellow warning triangle w/ exclamation mark on each video clip thumbnail
10) attempted to drag movie files back into project editing area
11) still "empty thumbnails" w/ no movie
12) please advise
questions:
1) how do i restore these empty windows with the original movie information which used to populate them before i transferred the files to my external?
2) what is the most efficient way to save movies (going forward) and avoid this from ever happening again?
thanks.

Sounds like you have a problem with the drive itself. It's not an FCP problem don't think. There are two software programs to try to see if you can recover the files, both are about $100 each though. One is Disk Warrior, and the other is Data Rescue II. DW will rebuild the directory of the drive, and if that fails, then Data Rescue II will copy to another drive the contents of any drive no matter what the condition is as long as it's spinning... Might just recapture if you can reformat that drive.
Jerry

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