Trouble opening a managed project file on a PC

Hi all!
So I have encountered a really weird problem that's been driving me bonkers lately. I'm working on a comedy web series and have been getting managed timelines from the editor to do some adjustments, grading and sound with. The first episode went fine but for some reason the next two aren't relinking properly.
They have to video tracks, one for DSLR footage and then a track above that has footage from a Atmos Ninja Blade that they've synced up. The blade footage doesn't relink on these new project files. They come into the timeline with the grey bars on them denoting missing frames or some such, but the clips are in the bins and the footage is there. It's like all the ins and outs are getting disregarded.
Now, oddly enough, this only happens on my PC (my main station). It does NOT happen on my macbook pro. Everything relinks fine there.
Can anyone shed some light on what's going on? I need to work on my main station but if I can avoid having to go in and reset each clip of Blade footage, I would LOVE that.
Thanks!

follow-up: I have seen tips online about making sure to move the "media" part of the project as well as the project itself. It's strange though: there is no "media" here! I go to the movies folder, and there's the little project icon, and no associated "media". I understand the point: you need the project and all of its components in order to open and work on the project, but with iMovie 7, where does the "media" go when the project is saved?? I'm desperate here.

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