Identify missing files ("The file could not be opened")

Hello,
I purposely deleted photos outside of LR. The photos are still in the catalog. When I attempt to develop a photo in the catalog which I forgot was deleted outside of LR the message "The file could not be opened" appears after a short delay.
This raises the question of how to identify ALL photos in a collection where the source files have been deleted (or otherwise cannot be found) and to mark those items for deletion from the catalog, and subsequently delete them.
Basically I want to assure ONLY those photos that exist (on my drive) are in the catalog.
(I realize there are many instances where on wants to maintain items in a catalog that are archived on other media and not readily available, but that's not what I want here.)
I have LR 1.1 on WinXP Pro with ample memory and disk space.
Thanks in advance for all tips and pointers.

Did you try synchronize folders? Right click on the folder name and select. I haven't done this, but the help says it's supposed to deal with missing files as well as added files.

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