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1. I rated all my pictures in Aperture 2.
2. I backed up my aperture library. And all of my images. (I kept/saved the images in their existing location BTW versus importing into Aperture location)
3. My harddrive crashed.
4. I copied over my backup images and library.
5. And then I loaded Aperture 2 on to my replaced harddrive.
6. I don't see my images/projects in Aperture.
6. And when I re-import my images into Aperture, all of my ratings and keywords are gone.
HELP! I can't stand the thought of re-tagging thousands of images.
A) any recommendations on what I should do to find the information to pull-up my old ratings. I'm assuming I did something in my rebuild out of order that over-wrote my library data and hoping I can get it back with my backups if i do it in the right order.
B) a rock solid process that avoids the possibility of losing my metadata in the future.
Thanks!! I'll go back to crying & worrying now....

There are not enough details to walk you step by step what you have to do here but the very first step is to open the correct Aperture library.
It sounds like you were opening a brand new empty library not the one you restored.
Find the one you restored and either double click it or go to preferences and navigate to it in Aperture 2. You will then see your projects - you may have some additional steps depending on other factors.
RB
Ps. If you need additional assistance contact me offline via email or my site - [http://photo.rwboyer.com]

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