Lost video

Tonight I lost my music video!

By sending the wrong project to trash, Final Cut Pro X instantly removed the project (before emptying the trash), leaving me with only the render files of the video.

I had completed 1:50 of the video (45% of total) and will now be purchasing an external harddrive I can save the re-make on to. Although the video took me approximately 20+ hours to edit up so far, I aim to have re-made the video by Friday and press on with getting audience feedback for this first draft.

I would like to say this emphasizes the necessity of backing-up files, but I did backup the project to a 64GB SD card. However the project does not seem to open and this may have something to do with the 'project' having been deleted from Final Cut, so I am now left with 2 sets of render files for the project.

Disaster! On the bright side, I am still ahead of any deadline dates.