Accessing photos from LaCie after upgrading to iPhoto'11

I put my whole iphoto library onto an external hard drive, LaCie, and after double checking several times to make sure it was on there, I deleted the photo library on my laptop. Weeks later, I upgraded to iPhoto'11. Now that I am trying to get my pictures off of the LaCie, I am not able to get the full images. All of the pictures show up in my library, but some of them are only the thumbnails. When I try to open most pictures it just goes to a blank black screen. When I am able to open pictures, they are much smaller resolution than they originally were - like 300x500. How can I get all of my pictures back in their regular size?! Help please!

There are several possible causes for the Black Screen issue
1. Permissions in the Library: 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. Include the option to check and repair permissions.
2. Minor Database corruption: 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.
3. A Damaged Photo: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). Will the file open in Preview? If not then the file is damaged. Time to restore from your back up.
4. A corrupted iPhoto Cache: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/Library/ Caches...
5. A corrupted preference file: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
If none of these help:
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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