IPhoto 11 problems, crash, libr manager

Question

iPhoto 11 (9.2) Lion 10.7.3, iPhoto Library Manager, duplicate annhilator, thumbnail annihilator
27 inch, Mid2011, 2.7 Ghz Intel Core i5, 4 GB mem 1333 MHz DDR3.
When my Mac G5 tower hd crashed in December, it did a terrible thing to my photos. I was using iPhoto Buddy, a 3rd party ap, to separate the photos into different categories so I could find what I needed quickly. Apple store could not repair the tower.  I bought a new iMac 27 inch in January and an external 2 terabyte HD to hold the photos as well as backing them up on Time machine. After the crash the Apple store transferred the files to my new computer. However, something caused the photos to multiply like rabbits and they did not stay in the library where I had placed them but moved to other libraries. It is now three months and I am still trying to get them organized again.
At suggestions in the apple support forum, I purchased iPhoto Library Manager, duplicate Annhilator and Duplicate Thumbnail annihilator.  They don't work very well, but better than nothing. It is a little overwhelming. Here's the procedure I am following. Open iPhoto library (for instance, 2007 photos). I go through the events first and get them back in order  (clip art, family files, tombstones, travel, flowers, wildlife, holidays, etc) Until I am worn out I use info to compare the duplicates and try to delete the ones under 50 kb, and saving the ones with more pixels - but they are scattered all over the place. Once the events are in order, I run Dup Annhilator which might find 2-3,000 dups placed in the trash. (the program says marking the dups is safer, but I tried marking them once so I could compare but could not FIND where the program had placed the dups). Anyway, once they are in the trash I have two more problems I need help with.
1.  I cannot get the "info" column to work on trashed pics so I can compare size and be sure only the smaller versions are to be deleted.
2. When I want to restore an irreplaceable photo I don't take a chance of deleting since I don't know the size, I drag it up to the events -- but then cannot find it again.
3.  Also, the program crashes often whiile I am trying to re-organize, but I dont' understand the crash report.
Please help! Where is Old Toad when I need him?

Answer 1

Your welcome.
What would have caused the mulitple libraries to import to each other if not iPhoto 11?
Human error, at a guess. There is no way for iPhoto to import anything without some form of instruction from somewhere. Consider your own description:
After the crash the Apple store transferred the files to my new computer. However, something caused the photos to multiply like rabbits and they did not stay in the library where I had placed them but moved to other libraries.
The multiplying photos is a sure sign of one Library being imported to another.  When someone does this every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
Also, it would account for how photos have apparently moved from one Library to another - something else that can't be done without human intervention.
If you have back ups then trash these messed up libraries and restore your back ups.
Yes I am familiar with the apps you mention.
Regards
TD