Importing iPhoto Created CD/DVD

Hi all,
Recently my Powerbook crashed (thanks filevault), although I had made a DVD of my entire iPhoto library as a backup.
I'm the proud new owner of a new Mac Pro, and I'd like to import that DVD albums and all into my iPhoto library.
I realize that the easiest solution would be to do just drag the contents of the DVD into my iPhoto directory on the hard disk. However, there may be a few other discs hanging out there with photos burned by iPhoto that I may also like to import without having to resort albums, etc.
One thing I spend a lot of time doing is getting pretty granular with my album organization. I have found it's easiest to organize photos at the time of import, so I have a ton of individual albums within folders.
It seems to me that this operation should be very simple - just drag the album folders within iPhoto from the disc to the iPhoto library icon. While this does accomplish the import, all of the album settings are gone. A folder with 15 albums does not appear in the library, but the 100+ photos do - unorganized.
Does iPhoto allow one to simply drag a DVD with its hierarchy into the library, or do you have to rebuild everything?
Mac Pro 3.0ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Lon:
I realize that the easiest solution would be to do just drag the contents of the DVD into my iPhoto directory on the hard disk
Only if you burned your iPhoto Library folder to the DVD disc via the Finder. If you did a Share->Burn in iPhoto then what you need to do is create a new library, open it and insert the DVD disk in your optical drive.
The burned library will show us in iPhoto like this. Then all you need to do is drag the disk icon onto your library icon to import the files into the new library. If this is how you created the disk then what I've described will let you import your photos into the new library and keep albums, rolls, keywords and comments intact.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application, iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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