Have lost all images in Iphoto 9

I now have IPhoto 9 showing white squares but no images. I have tried every fix I can find on Apple sites and nothing works. For one thing, My Iphoto library is not in pictures, it is only on hard drive. I have tried rebuilding, but says no images. There is no originals inside library listing. ONly place I can now find my images is in all images in finder and I don't know how to import them into Iphoto. Help!!!

All Images is not a location. It's a list.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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TD

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