Missing Thumbnails

Missing thumbnails
In October I switched from OS 10.1.5 to OS 10.4.8.
My thumbnails have become only dotted outlines in iPhoto 6.0.5, except when enlarged.
Reading thru these topics, I realize it may be my fault.
I apparently committed a no-know by renaming the folder that appears after the folders MODIFIED and ORIGINALS with a different name. What I think I have done is rename the THUMBNAILS folder.
I have no idea what that original folder name was, so can somebody supply the name, and will that help? I would like to try this before going to the other methods for restoration.
Luckily, I saved all of OS 10.1.5 on my new external HD along with those files, so I can go to the old iPhoto 2.0 anytime. The Thumbnails work just fine in 2.0, maybe I should not bother with all this c--p!
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

IT WORKED!
Thanks for the advice Terence. When I changed that Thumbnail folder name back to "Data" from what I had named it, all my Thumbnails came back. The reason I stupidly changed the name was that I was looking for the folder that holds the album folders, and wanted to identify that folder by using a different word. I still have lots of things to work out in going from iPhoto 2 to 6, and will post more questions as I go along.
Thank you,
rpisquared

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