Reconnecting lost clips

I've got several events on a large external drive. Apparently some of the clips are still on another (original source) hard drive. I know this because when I turn that drive on, the entire timeline is fine. When I turn that original source drive off, then I get missing clip warnings.
The thing is, even with the orginal source drive off, I can click on a "missing" clip and select "reveal in finder" and it shows me where it is on the new external drive. It's there, but FCP X doesn't recognize it or find it.
I can't find the commands for "reconnect media." How do I get the FCP X timeline to recognize the new location of the clip? These are finished edits, I just want to be able to erase the original drive.

There is no re-connect media feature in FCP X.
FCP X expects the clips to be right where they were.
So if you move them, (outside of FCP X) you have to move them back.
If you remove the drive they were on, you have to remount the drive.
If you rename any of the folders, you have to rename them.
If you change anything, you have to change it back.

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