Lost photos problem with iphoto 2

i seem to have lost around 90% of my photos - at least - they are not in the library when i start iphoto - but they are there when i check finder. roll 10 to roll 82 are missing. i just imported more photos - and iphoto seemed to work out that they must have been there at some stage because it named the next roll roll 83.
anyone have any idea what has happenned ? have i lost some sort of pointer file ? thx.

Yes, you can delete the old iPhoto Library folder to free up considerable disk space -- don't empty the trash until you've launched iPhoto again, just to make sure you didn't toss the wrong one. The files that change ofter are the ones most likely to get corrupted -- albums and/or keywords (although roll associations are also subject to corruption). Fortunately, all of those are of a temporary nature in comparison to the photos, themselves.

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