Photos are Missing messages Problem constantly showing up

I screwed up. I had iPhoto link to my photos on my hard drive rather then importing/embedding them into the iPhoto library but then I believe I reorganized all my original folders (merging, file renaming etc.). So that is one reason I am getting missing photo messages. I thought iPhoto would automatically track the originals but that was probably a wrong assumption.
Not sure how to find/mark which photos are all missing and reconnect them to where they are located now and how to fix it so I don't get the messages. I have to go through around 300 "Can't Find Photo dialogs" if I accidently click on a orphaned photo (thumbnail without a photo).
I have made some changes to some photos in iPhoto and I would prefer not to lose those changes. I don't want to lose my Current Albums and Books and Slideshows etc. But I'm guessing I need to backup and re-import all my photos again in a new library but that cause me to lose my meta-data (Albums, Phtot Changes, Slideshows etc.)
I tried rebuilding the library but it still prompted me with the "Can't Find Photo Questions" and never really solved the problem.
The reason I didn't embed was I wanted other application to be able access my photos without having to go through the trouble of exporting them first, and also to save space. But I saw a 1TB drive for $370 so maybe space shouldn't be the issue anymore and I have iPhoto Library Manager so there should be no problem with having my library on a different drive then the pictures folder on the HD.
It would be sure nice if most Apple applications (Final Cut Studio for example)could select from the iPhoto or Arpeture (I was thinking of buying) library.
Anyway any suggestion on how to fix my orphaned photos without losing all my changes?
Dave

I just noticed it as well out of the blue. Could have sworn that it always worked and suddenly stopped without any updates or anything.
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