Stuck at startup in FCPX

When i last worked at my project I accidentally quit the program (not a force quit). I think it happened during a background transcoding, but I'm not sure. All I know is that the shutdown of FCPX tok long time.
Now when I try to open it, it stops at the loading screen with the message -Updating "Discus" event. All goes well until it gets to loading the timeline i was working on when I made the accidental quit. Then it just hoggs all processor power and locks at -Updating "Discus" event.
Have i lost all my data? Or can i "just" erase the chapter that it gets stuck on?
Best regards
Joakim

Mark - I had the same problem when I upgraded my system to a 6600GT recently. I had a Radeon 9600 and the BIOS set on TURBO, got good scores, stable system. When I installed the 6600GT, it locked up when it tried to find my disk drives. Only clearing the BIOS would let me continue. I now have all the settings back the way I want them - except TURBO. The system benchmarks significantly slower in memory throughput now - that is, the Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (SiSoft Sandra 2005 SP1). My 3dMark2005 went through the roof so it's a decent trade-off, but I want my PC to be all it can be. How do I get my TURBO setting back?!?
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