InDesign Cs4 Missing Links

SO i have been reading around this discussion forum and havent quite found the answer im looking for.
I am not very familiar with InDesign. Ultimatly someone made a webpage for us and i want to be able to transfer it over to Dreamweaver..which i am very familiar with.
I have the file already designed. All files are on the local machine.
WHen i open the file up, this is the error message i get:
This Document contains 19 missing links to sources that are missing. You Can find or relink the missing links using the links panel.
My question is this:
1) is there a way to identify which links are missing?
2) where is the links panel on the menu bar?
Thanks for your help and Patience.
I will admit, i am very much a amature with InDesign

The names of the missing links will be listed in the links panel, which you'll find by Window > Links.
If you really do have the files, you'll have to select them in the links panel and relink, directing ID to the correct location.

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id:25785,
size:298164,
asset URL:"",
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asset ID:"",
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file path:"", --in cs2, the path would still be here...
index:1,
name:"01_77509_TR_927.jpg",
object reference:link id 25785 of image id 21318 of rectangle id 20575 of page id 20565 of spread id 6605 of document "AR09_1_006_006v4.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
label:"",
editing state:editing unknown,
version state:version unknown,
date:date "Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:12:37 PM",
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CS2:
id:11759,
size:260181,
asset URL:"",
link xmp:link xmp of link id 11759 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS2",
asset ID:"",
asset etag:"",
edited:false,
needed:true,
link type:"JPEG",
stock state:link is not stock,
parent:image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS2",
file path:"Graphics1:Cat Apparel:AR09_FallPrev:All Images:JPG SELECTS:3_12-3_13:77508:77508_DG_297.jpg",
index:1,
name:"77508_DG_297.jpg",
object reference:link id 11759 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS2",
label:"",
editing state:editing nowhere,
version state:no resource,
date:date "Friday, March 13, 2009 5:16:21 PM",
status:link missing
CS4:
id:12636,
size:260181,
asset URL:"",
link xmp:link xmp of link id 12636 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
asset ID:"",
asset etag:"",
edited:false,
needed:true,
link type:"JPEG",
parent:image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
file path:"",
index:1,
name:"77508_DG_297.jpg",
object reference:link id 12636 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
label:"",
editing state:editing unknown,
version state:version unknown,
date:date "Friday, March 13, 2009 5:16:21 PM",
status:link missing
So - to summarize....
CS4: file path:"", status:link missing
CS2: file path:"Graphics1:Cat Apparel:AR09_FallPrev:All Images:JPG SELECTS:3_12-3_13:77508:77508_DG_297.jpg", status:link missing
Ack.....

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we have the same problem on our machines here at work regarding the randomness of the Indesign CS4 package function collecting links.
The office has recently upgraded to all new Power Mac G5's with Mac OS X Version 10.5.6. 2x2.8Ghz 4GB RAM, a new server and all new Adobe CS4 packages.
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nguyen khanh duy - 7:40am Nov 23, 08 PST (#31 of 67)
I have a problems with my document created with Adobe Indesign CS4.
I can not package the file with its links into a folder. Sometimes a few files are collected, but when I convert all the images into CMYK color space, none of them were collected.
My documents contains 70 links and 140 pages.
So when I need to collect links, I convert the document into CS3 INX file and use Indesign CS3 to collect the links.
I've tried with other document with hundreds of links and all or them are 100 pages. All the links were collected. (offcourse with CS4)
Please help me. Thank you very much
As for our specific problem,
We have files which do not package all the links properly. Indesign only packages a random amount of the links into the new folder. There seems to be no consistency with regard to file type, size, colour profile or location. The pre-flight shows a green light and this error seems to occur randomly. It is very annoying if we are working on the local hard drive and have links there and on the server and then want to package everything to upload to the server or to work on another computer. We have to find all the links and copy them individually to a new folder.
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Regards
Steve

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