IPhoto trashed images....

Hi, New to mac so my apologies if this is old hat...
I decided to clear out old files and things from the documents folder in the finder window, not realising that it was my photos and some itunes content... I have since discovered that (of course) the images wont show up properly in iphoto. i am able to see the thumbnails but when i enlarge them i get the '!' as discussed on other threads. After a lot of google-ing and forum reading i worked out how to send individual files back to there original place before being trashed. however i could only get this to work on individual files. I have over 10,000 files and didnt want to sit here for however long it would take to do each one so i dragged the photos to a new folder on the desktop along with the audio (also to its own folder). I have tried the Iphoto restore options on startup but this hasnt solved my problems....
Where do i now put these photo files so that they appear where iphoto is expecting them?
Ive been thinking about upgrading to 10.6.8, ive never done that kinda thing before so is it worth me copying all my photos and audio onto a hard drive and starting from scratch? if so where will i find these folders in finder?
Sam

iPhoto backs up it's database file - this will not fix your problem.
Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?
A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package
A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.

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