Can't batch capture only needed media

Hi,
I have many 7 minute sequences imported from 60 min dv tapes. The drive holding the media crashed and now when I try to re-importing the media by batch capturing directly from the sequence it re-captures the entire tape. I only need a generally half of this footage and I have several hundred sequences.
Please help

Use the Media Manager to create new offline sequences with the unused media removed into a new project. Then you can batch capture the newly created clips.

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