Photos and Folders Missing

I have Mac 13inch 10.6.8.
In Iphoto, I can't find my Originals Folders, I only have one folder for 2010. I use to have one for each year. Also so many of my photos have exclamation marks despite me using 'Convert to original' to find them. How can I find the Original Folders again? I also noticed many photos were missing in the Original Folder and my Master's Folder and the Modified.
Perhaps because I have several editing software ie. Lightroom 3 and Nikon's View NX2 and Photoshop could this be causing confusion to IPhoto? I like editing with all of them so is there a way to import and organise photos independently of Iphoto and all the other Software Programs. I am very confused with it all.
I have 9000 images in IPhoto
Thanks
Regards
NLouis

What version of iPhoto?
You're using two apps that do the same job - iPhoto and Lightroom - a third that does a similar job (NX2) and a photo editor (Photoshop).
Best advice: Cut that out!
There is no sensible, efficient workflow that uses all of iPhoto, Lightroom and NX2. All want to manage the photos, all are lossless processors who's work cannot be seen in any other app without first exporting to a new file. It really is akin to trying to write your Novel in TextEdit, Word and NisusWriter at the same time. It makes everything more complex and difficult. And yes, as all three want to manage the files it's quite possible that whatever you do in one will damage the work of the other two.
I cannot stress enough that the best advice I can give you is to pick one horse and ride it. It's no wonder you're confused.
And again, none of these three programs is an editor. They are all database apps that won't edit the original file. Only Photoshop is an actual editor.
So, my best advice: pick one, dump the other two - unless you pic NX2, in which case you probably need to dump photoshop as well.
Regards
TD

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How can I remove all photos and directories from iPhoto as if it was a brand new install?
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