How do i find iMovie file i moved to external hard drive

okay, i'm obviously ********.  I moved all of my imovie files to an external hard drive and i can't seem to find them all to move to the main hard drive and be there when i open iMovie.  I have to have the external on to see them but I think this may be why i'm having weird issues with the sounds in my project.
is there specific imovie files i need to put back?

in case i wasn't clear. i moved all of my files to external hard drive to reformat the drive.  i thought i moved everything back to the main drive but i still have to have the external drive on to work on my project. i am unable to adjust volumes of sound files in my imovie project.

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