Harddrive was wiped out, how do I restore my iPhoto pics?

My harddrive started acting up a few weeks ago, took my MacBook Pro into get looked at, I'm out of warranty, so they rebooted the harddrive. How do I restore my iPhoto pictures? There are tons of pics that strictly went to iphoto and now I have nothing.

so they rebooted the harddrive.
Do you mean, the hard drive was replaced by a new drive? Then you need to restore your iPhoto Library from your backup copy of your computer. The iPhoto Library is by default in the folder "Pictures" in your homefolder. You will recognize it by the "fan of Pictures" icon.

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Sorry, without your Sync Key your data is worthless, it can't be de-crypted, and creating a new Sync Key will wipe it from the Sync server.
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I've found a solution to my problem.
Time Machine locates extenal HDD backups differently depending if they were done via a network or via a USB/FireWire/Thunderbolt connection.
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