Iphoto 09 v 8.0 "volume cannot be found, iphoto 09 v 8.0 "volume cannot be found"

Many photos have the error "volume for ....jpg cannot be found" I have found in the forum that is is caused by my mistake in the adv. pref. of not checking to copy items into the iphoto library. I have now corrected this, and new photos added are now in the Library.
So....my problem is- how can I get access to my ...ohsomany....photos that won't open because of the error. I have tried to back up the Events , Photos within iPhoto, but can't, because of the error....and, since they aren't in the Library, can't do it that way.
This problem is happening on my older Mac- a PowerPC G4. My OS is X.5.8
Thanks so much for help
Pam

If my pix that have the error "volume cannot be found" aren't in the Library, what good would it be to run a Library Manager?
IPLM will run against your bad library and create a new one leaving the bad one untouched so you can go into it for anything you need later - it will give an error on each missing photo in the error log (but you do not have to approve each one)
SO your new library has only available photos in it
If the photos have been deleted then reovery software like File Salvage run against the drive they are on may find them - the free trial will tell you what can be found - you have to purchase to actually recover photos
ALSO- Please tell me how I can stay checked into the forum
I do not believe that this is possible due to the (IMHO) very poor choice that aapple made for the software that drives this forum - I too find this and many other issues with the softwwre very frustration
LN

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