Cannot re-load photos into iPhoto after moving to external

HELP!
I have over 3,000 photos and had to move them to an external drive as my computer ran out of space. Now that I have moved everything, I am having a hard time accessing my photos in iPhoto.
Anytime I try to import I receive the following message:
'Unreadable file: The following files could not be imported (they may be unrecognized file type of the files may bot contain valid data)
Please tell me this can be fixed!!!

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Do you want to keep your library on the external as the library that iPhoto uses and imports into?
If you do, then just launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and choose to open another library. Navigate to the library on the external and choose it.
Now this is the library iPhoto uses. Is this something that you want to do?
When you launch iPhoto holding down the Option key this is the window you will get.
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library if that is what you want to do, or choose a library to open by clicking the "choose" button.
If you click the "create library" iPhoto will open with a brand new library for you to import images to. If you click "choose" then you will get this window.
Open library
Navigate to where the library is on your computer and then choose it.

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