Trouble opening project in 6.0

I am having trouble opening a final cut project i have saved on my imac. I select the project and open it, but all i get is the rainbow colored wheel spinning and it never comes up. If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know.

i tried ejecting the dvd i had in the disc drive in which some of the media in the timeline was on and i was able to open the project.

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