All referenced files broken....

Hey,
i recently did a clean install of snow leopard and used timemachine to restore all my files however i have been working with a referenced file management structure in aperture 3 and although all the files are in the correct path and the hardrive name has not changed etc, aperture wont recognise my library files is there any way of forcing it to recognise them, or building a new managed library without losing all the versions of my files?
Thanks
Anthony

I have a referenced file library. I started having this problem after I installed the 3.1 update in October - I did NOT have this problem prior to that installation.
After the 3.1 update, when I unsuccessfully tried to export a version, I found that many - indeed most of my files have the 'red-line' badge, indicating that the referenced file cannot be found.
I do the File / Locate Referenced Files thing, reconnect my photo, and sometimes (yes, sometimes!) the red slash goes away. I've tried to determine why is seems to be hit-or-miss, but I've been unable to identify why they connect and usually not. I test by trying to export a version.
So then, after checking the support boards and this forum, I tried rebuilding my library. (And yes, before I did the rebuild, I ran the 'Repair Permissions ' and 'Repair Database' fixes also. Multiple times.)
Here's a real whacky part of this problem: Sometime when I attempt to reconnect my referenced files, the red-slash badge remains, but I'm able to export a version. And just as intermittently, again after attempting to reconnect referenced files, the badge will go away, and I'll think I have success, but the histograms reads "Image offline." (And it is - I cannot export and my reconnection has failed.)
Today I took my external HD with my to the Apple Store for a 1"1. They initially removed the plist, which didn't change anything. My store has a pretty knowledgeable crew, but this one stumped them too. I showed them what I did, they did the same thing, with the results I described above. They told me to AppZap and re-install A3 and A3 updates - which I've done. My problem persists. They thought that if a clean install didn't work, that maybe I might have a 'corrupt library' - which sounds serious - and I'm not sure I understand HOW that would've happen.
I sure could use some help on this one - when A3 works, I love it! But I've had major headaches after the last two updates, and I'm just exasperated. (Oh yes - I'm stressin' too since my wife is asking me about the photo cards and gifts we were planning on giving for Christmas. Since I can't export, I'm kinda stuck. I haven't tried reprocessing my images in CS5 just because I thought I could fix this...)
Many thanks ~
Greg
(tzargregory)

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