Messages whaen I open up iphoto

recently i have been getting 2 messages when I open up iphoto they are : 7 photos have been found in the iphoto library that were not imported. Would you like to import them?
and the other is :
The photos have been placed in the folder/volumes/External thing/iPhoto Library Recovered Photos_9
Ps external thing is the name of my external hard drive .
pps It was previously suggested that I put photos of my messages on photobucket or similar so I did I am mcmacman

If that is a screen shot of the "show package contents" for you iPhoto library you are missing a ton of files and folders from your library and will have to start over - some how most of your required library items are missing
For example here is the contents of my iphoto library
upgrade temp
ThumbJPGSegment.data
Thumb64Segment.data
ThemeCache
Originals
Modified
Metadata Backup
Library6.iPhoto.bak
Library6.iPhoto
Library.iPhoto
Library.data
Library.cache
iPod Photo Cache
iPhotoMain.db
iPhotoLock.data
iPhotoAux.db
iPhoto.ipspot
iPhoto Selection
face.db-mj59894168
face.db
face.db-mj3FA394D6
face.db-mj58A8C05F
Dir.data
face_blob.db
Data.noindex
Contents
Data
com.apple.iPhoto.plist
Caches
Auto Import
AlbumData2.xml
AlbumData.xml
Verify that you only have the six files/folders shown in your post and post back for further instructions
LN

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