Deleting photos from i-photo

Hi,
I recently had to get a new hard drive for my Mac, and everything had to be put back onto my computer from an external hard drive. Apparently, due to the bad state of my old laptop hard drive, each file/photo had to be manually put onto the external hard drive, which was then all put onto my new laptop. I want to get rid of a lot of my photos (ie. delete them permanently, as I have waaaay too many), but when I delete from I-photo, the photos are still in a folder on my laptop. I have tried emtying the I-photo trash can and then the laptop trash can, but they are still there. I've also tried deleting the photos from within the files on the laptop (and the trash can, etc), but they are still in my I-photo. Does anyone know a way I can delete photos from I-photo without then having to delete each corresponding photo from files on my laptop hard drive? That will take forever!
Thanks in advance.

I want to get rid of a lot of my photos (ie. delete them permanently, as I have waaaay too many), but when I delete from I-photo, the photos are still in a folder on my laptop. I have tried emtying the I-photo trash can and then the laptop trash can, but they are still there.
Are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
If it's managed, the default mode, and you imported that folder on my laptop  into iPhoto you don't need to keep that folder any more.  The image files in that folder will have been copied into the iPhoto Library so that folder can be deleted to free up disk space.
If you're running a "referenced' library then you have the responsibility of deleting the source files from that folder after deleting them from iPhoto.  That's what one of the several downsides to a "referenced" library.
OT

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