Re assigning master location files

I have ported across an entire client library to his computer system.
The masters still reside under the same file structure except the external hard disc is new and has been assigned a new name....e.g
From :DA Backup/DA Imagebank/etc/etc/etc
To:DA Images/Da Imagebank/etc/etc
The problem is...I want to avoid having to go thru the entire library to locate all the folders using Manage Referenced Files...one folder at a time.
I would have thought once I mounted the new HD and located a file....Aperture would grab the entire directory? It only locates ones highlighted it seems..relative to the particular folder.
Any hot tips here or referenced reading?
Cheers
Robbi

If the file structure is the same this should be no problem.
1) Go to the all photos view and select everything = command a
2) Go to file->manage referenced files
3) In the top of the dialog you will see all of the files listed in the second list box click one and again command - a to select them all
4) In the lower part of the dialog navigate to one of the missing masters that matches - just one.
5) Click reconnect all.
6) Done
If this doesn't work you screwed something up or you didn't do the above. As I usually write when this comes up - now is the part where you say "that doesn't work" and the chaos ensues with the waving of chicken bones and the voodoo.
RB

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