IPhoto 7.1.5 (375) ... All photos disappeared

My iPhoto is doing this to me again.. This is the third time!!
iPhoto.. no photos, no events, no nothing. On my external WD My Book hard disk, the iPhoto Library, Modified and Originals folders are still there. The iPhoto Library has the exact time when I last accessed iPhoto and it shows it has 48.8G in it.
I called Apple Care hotline the past two times iPhoto "crashed" and they took me through all the steps to re-load all the photos from the Modified and Originals folders. Of course it ended up with duplicated events... some 2, some 3 dupes. And before I could de-dup those events, I got hit the 3rd time!!
Can one of you experts tell me what to do now to bring all the photos back into iPhoto please?... without creating all the duplicated events? I really don't want to do the de-dups. It is wasting so much time!
What can I do to avoid the crash again in the future?
Thanks guys.
Wilson

My MyBook is the Studio Edition II Dual-Drive Storage System with RAID. It is formatted for Mac. The problem with it is that once in a while, the Mac "lost connection" with it. I have to unplug the firewire for a few seconds, re-plug it in, then it will make the connection again.
That is scary - iPhoto is very sensative to having its disk access interrupted while updating the library6.iPhoto file - the database description file. You should make frequent iPhoto library backups and download Old Toad's automator script to quickly and easily backup the library6.iPhoto file to avoid additional problems when this "lost Connection" occures. And I'd use Apple Care and/or your MyBook tech support to try to get to the bottom of this "lost connection" - it is just a matter of time until that causes major problems for you wit a program losing data while trying to write to your EHD
I should stop paying for Apple Care and buy gifts for helpful Users like you on here!!
I always purchase Apple care for new products
LN

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What connection do you have to the TC? Wired or Wireless?
As to recovery: My guess is that your Library db is damaged:
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
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3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
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I import photos to iPhoto as usual and after one day these photos disappeared. I tried to find them through "Finder" without success.
edihei,
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as usual
how exactly? You imported the photos from your card directly into iPhoto? And did you delete them from the card or are they still on the card?
Did you see the photos in events in iPhoto after import? Have you worked with them and edited them before you ejected the card and quit iPhoto?
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. This is a first. I've not heard of a library removing the Originals and Modified folder for any reason.
First, download and run Find File to search for "Library6.iPhoto". Find File will search in areas that Spotlight does not. If you find another Library6.iPhoto file then you have another library and that may be where the photos are.
Use can use Find File to also search for ".jpg" to see if it can find any more than the 10 pics you've found.
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