Aperture 2.1 thinks Managed files are missing

I'm hoping someone may be able to help with a nagging problem with my main Aperture library. I recently decided to store my images as referenced files on an external drive. The library currently contains somewhere over 7000 images. When I used the Relocate Masters command to move them out onto disk, it came back with a message that 350 or so (can't remember the exact figure) master images were not available and would not be relocated. After that, it successfully relocated all the other images to disk and these now correctly appear as "referenced" within Aperture apart from in one project.
In this one project, however, the 350 images are still appearing as "managed" and have not been moved out onto disk. If I try and relocate them, I'm told that the master images are missing or offline. However, if I look at the adjustment HUD, I have full editing functionality, implying that they are indeed available. Also, I've opened the package contents of the library and can see the raw files there.
In trying to troubleshoot this, I tried pulling one of the raw files out of the library package via the Finder. When I'd done that, all the adjustment tools were greyed out in AP for that particular image. When I put it back into the package, the tools were available again, so AP is definitely treating them as managed.
So I'm left with this one project where I can't move the raw files out and make them referenced. As it's only affecting one project, it's not a big deal, but it does mean that the library is quite a bit larger than it would otherwise be and as I want to put the library onto my MacBook, I want it to be as small as possible.
Anyone come across a similar situation? Any ideas on how to cure it? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
-Simon
Message was edited by: SiBeesley

ChristopherDavid wrote:
I've had this happen too unfortunately. I'm not sure if this fix will work for you or even if you have tried it yet: Try force-reconnecting your masters. You may have to do this individually for a large lot of files or you may get lucky and the entire lot will reconnect with one attempt. My experience with this though is that the fix does not hold. Meaning, an computer restart, or a data base rebuild miffs it all up again.
I've just run into this problem too. I'm only dealing with about 250 problem images out of about 15,000, so I feel lucky compared to some of the other participants in this thread.
I'm not clear on what you mean by force-reconnecting. Can you remind me what this entails?
Cheers
PJP

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