Iphoto 11 upgrade woes

upgraded to iphoto 11 and my photos lost their connections.  I've read all about backing up the photos but i'm using iphoto from an external drive to keep my hard disk free.  Does that count as a back up or will rebuilding it from there cause me to lose my photos?  I have about 4 different iphoto accounts I was usuing on the external drive as I merged data from multiple computers a few years back.  Prior to the upgrade I didn't have any photos on the iphoto on my computer.  Everything is on the version on my hard drive.  How do I fix this?

So, you're saying if I copy them onto another drive, then rebuild them, these broken links will be fixed?
No. A back up is a copy of whatever you got. If you have a damaged library making a copy will get you a second damaged library, it won't miraculously fix it. The point of backing up now is that you can at least get back to this point should your efforts to fix the library make things worse.
As for the core issue:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. 
Regards
TD 

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