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Any help greatly appreciated here Will list the issues I am having rather than try to explain.
iPhoto 6 and all the latest sw updates as of 22nd Sept 2006.
1. Noticed that many of my photos (generally 2001, 2002, 2003) were showing up as thumbnails but had grey photo missing warning when entering full screen mode.
2. Did a search for each image with Spotlight, moved the image file (sometimes there were multiples so only moved one and left others in place) to Desktop, deleted image in iPhoto (thumbnail) and then reimported. Moved to film roll that it should be in.
All images found in the iPhoto Library file structure.
3. Have noticed that many of the missing images were found in one of two film roll folders in the iPhoto Library folder. Years were way out though. Also have random mixes of images in the wrong folder in the finder but they don't appear in the related Fill Roll in iPhoto.
4. One potential issue is that many files have same DSCxxxxx number as they are from different cameras or formatting memory card starts count from scratch again. Assume iPhoto is clever and uses the EXIF data and not just the file name
5. I appear to have multiple copies of some images with file names having _2 or _3 at the end
6. I have in the past with previous versions of iPhoto rebuilt the library
Should I do a backup and a complete rebuild ?
Should I create a new library and re-import everything again
Really don't want to lose the transformations I've done. Albums I can live without and re-create if needed.
Many thanks in advance,
Simon

You can try that and see if the library will still operate normally. Another possibility is to rebuild the library with iPhoto Library Manager. It creates a new library and copies the needed info from the old database file and what image files needed. That may cull out those apparent misplaced files. It will take a while so plan it at the end of your day. Here's how.
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: It can take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. One user reported that with a library of about 5,000 images it took about 12 hours so plan ahead.
Worth a try as all you'll lose is some time.

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