Duplicates of differing quality since updateing iphoto

I have had many problems since updating iphoto including losing all my albums. The latest one i have is that there are two duplicates of many photos, one of high quality and one of poorer quality. Is the poorer quality one the thumbnail that has been moved to the library?
I did back up my library before updating but that does not seem to have included the albums. Does anyone have any ideas?

Your Pictures Folder is at
HD/ Users / YOUR NAME / Pictures
The first things is: there is NO IMPORTING involved. This is how you've got into this mess.
First off, it will be faster to create a new library than to clean up that one. So, go to your Pictures Folder and trash the iPhoto Library there.
Launch iPhoto. It will create a new, fresh empty library.
Your back up is on 4 DVD's? Insert one of the DVD's and it will show up in the Source (or left hand) pane. When it does, drag the rolls or albums of pictures to the Library (top of the Source List). This will copy them into the new library.
Regards
TD

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