PC photos to iMac IPhoto

Returning to Mac from PC. Last used Mac in 1992. Much changed and bou is it lovely, but...
Copied my PC photos to a folder on iMac via network connection to PC. Then imported photos (9K+ photos) to iPhoto. Proceeded to merge, edit, organize, etc. Completed work. Set my screen saver to "Photos" and all went well until I shut down my PC. Now the screen saver cannot find the photos. "MY Pictures" folder from PC appears on the desktop while PC is on and disappears when PC turned off. I am assuming from what I read that I only "referenced" the photos on import rather than un-clicking something on import and having a "true" copy.
Is there a way to re-import in such a way as to not lose the editing, organizing, deleting etc. or must I empty my iPhoto Library and import all 9K photos again and do all the editing again?
Thanks.

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The first thing to do is to confirm this is the case.
Go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and see if 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import' is unchecked.
If it is, make sure it's checked from this point out.
Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). A Finder Window should open with the file selected. Does it? Where is the file?
When you run a referenced Library iPhoto creates an Alias in the Originals folder (within the iPhoto Library) to the actual file. What you need to do is replace that alias with the actual file.
This thread has some suggestions, including a reference to an app called AliasHerder.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1356720&tstart=0
Regards
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