Relinking original AVCHD files?

Hi again folks,
I converted a whole load of AVCHD footage to Prores 422 Proxy (in order to save HD space). I have now completed one section of the edit and want to output back to the AVCHD quality. But when I carry out the following method FCP 7 isn't able to find the associated files on my external HD.
What am I doing wrong?
* Highlight the entire Timeline where the edited Sequence is.
* Go to Reconnect Media.
* Locate the original AVCHD files (which are on an the external HD).
* Click Reconnect.

Tom, what I done was in the Browser selected all the clips which I'd used in the Sequence.
I then clicked Batch Capture, which opened the Log & Transfer window. I then selected the external HD which stored all the original AVCHD clips and set the Log & Transfer settings to ProRes422 HQ.
This method then converted all the clips in my Sequence to ProRes HQ.
So, in a way, yes I did use Log & Transfer, but only because that's the screen Batch Capture took me to.
What is Pro Res HQ good for then Tom?

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