Re-connecting to files that have been moved

I am now a little further along into using Aperture entirely. But when Is started I left my original files in one location. I have now moved files to another drive. Aperture will no longer find those files and when directed to the new location will also not find those files.
I can see where file management can be the big hurdle to overcome in large libraries.
So how do I reconnect those files and what is your recommended file managment ideas?
Moving everything into Aperture seems like a good idea but how do you manage that library when it gets to be huge and too big for just a drive?
Thanks in advance for your help and ideas!

Reconnecting referenced files after moving them across volumes can get very tricky. Aperture appears to use a volume identifier, among other information, for uniquely identifying images. You can change the name or location, and Aperture will find it, but moving the file to another volume seems too much for Aperture to handle.
If reconnection doesn't work, you may need to do something like this:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4163093
Feel free to ask for help on this forum. This involves a bit of command-line tinkering.
Cheers,
Andreas

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