Help fixing some changes discovered after external hard drive files were recovered.

My external hard drive files were rescued and placed on a new one.  I have 2 issues that I need to resolve.  Most important, in many of the files, up to half the RAW image files were returned converted to a CR2 symbol.  I can't open them or upload them.  Aperture tells me that the images aren't supported.  They weren't this way before the recovery.  I need to be able to open and work with these files, again.  I'm not sure how random files were converted during the recovery process. But, I sure need a solution, to get them to open again.  
Second problem, hopefully simpler to solve.  Is there a way to tell Aperture that the files connected with the previews have been relocated?  It's looking for the files in a location that no longer exists.  I could start all over again, and upload each album, which will take a long time.  I'm hoping there is a way to avoid this. 

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