New iPhoto not loading photos from CD or time machine

Our hard drive recently failed and we got it replaced. When they replaced our HD, they upgraded us to Mac OS X 10.6.8 and iPhoto 9.1.5. We hooked time machine up to restore our old photos and they initially showed up on iPhoto, then most disappeared (thumbnails are now black. Photo names are still there, but pictures are gone. When I click on the black thumbnail, I get an exclamation point). SOME of the pictures loaded, at least half are gone. I've tried the tricks of command-option clicking iPhoto and clicking all the boxes and downloading iphoto manager. Nothing. Then we tried importing an old CD of pictures and they aren't showing up at all (it says "no photos").
So... What's going on? I want my pictures back!

5956 photos could not be copied because they could not be found in the original library. Click the "View Log" button to see which photos could not be found.
6005 errors occurred during the process. Click the "View Log" button for more details.
11-07-28 18:30:11.009 Search for the word "missing" to find photos that were missing from the original library and could not be copied
11-07-28 18:30:11.009 Search for the word "error" to find any errors that occurred during the operation"
And has some of these: "11-07-28 13:25:10.804 *** Error: No match found in destination library for /Users/(name)/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Masters/2011/07/25/20110725-230020/(photo name).jpg"

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