I move all photos to a new external hard drive.  Now all folders have a question mark in them.  How do I find ALL PHOTOS at one time instead of having to find each picture. I have about 30,000 photos. Using  Mac. LR5

I have set up a new external hard drive and Im trying redirect LR to the new hard drive. I have over 30,000 photos and Im trying to see to see if there is a way to all photos located without having to go thru each folder at a time

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm
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