Upgrading to Studio - will old projects open/

I am about to upgrade to Final Cut Studio - Here is the dilemma...I have to get the full program, not the upgrade because my FCP program was "borrowed" from someone else and I will have to go from scratch with the studio, an upgrade won't work, I don't think. I did pruchase FCE initially, but you obviously upgrade from FCE to Studio. Anyway, when I install the Studio programs, will I be able to open all of my old projects in Studio, or will I have to keep all the old software from FCP and FCE on my computer?
Thanks.

Final Cut Pro does a good job opening projects from previous versions - including FCE. Once opened and saved they are not backwardly compatible.
If I was looking at installing FCS2 over your collection of previously installed stuff I'd seriously consider acquiring a new hard drive, format it MacOS Extended (Journaled) and install OSX and the applications from scratch.
This does two things for you -
1. you have an absolutely pristine installation of the OS and your apps. They will run very well.
2. you have a backup (your old system disk) if things go kaboom.
Cheers,
x

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