Really sorry to hear about the theft. It all depends on where you have FCP store the autosave files. If the autosaves are on the powerbook HD itself, then you won’t be able to use them (since they’re gone) but if they are stored on the external HD then you are good to go. But chances are that you didn’t change the location that FCP automatically sets up as your autosave, which is on the powerbook HD. I always back-up project files two or three times per week to my external. Hope it isn’t too costly of a lesson learned.
~Adam
