I need to find my root directory that my photos are linked with

I created some albums in iPhoto awhile back and I have my preferences set up as not making a copy in iPhoto and it takes the images from an external hard drive.  That drive has since crashed and I am trying to duplicate the drive the way it was and I can't remember the name I put on the drive so the images don't recognize it.  I am able to link the pictures one by one but is there a way to link all of them at once?  I have over 1300 images to redirect.  I was hoping that if I was able to name the new external hard drive the same thing with the same folder names and the same image names that it would automatically link them.

THis is one  (of many) reasons that it is strongly recommended not to use a referenced library
If you search the forum a few months ago someone posted a solution to this that involved using a SQLite editor
As far as I know, and with the exception of that one poster, there is no way to easily do this
If you upgrade to iPhoto '11 and purchase Aperture 3 you can share the same library and Aperture can relink the photos
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