Upgrade to 6 and the grey box of death

Hi all-
So I just competed the upgrade to iPhoto 6. (Uh-Oh, I know) it seems that all of my pictures from 2006 (dont even get me started on how much I hate them being foldered based on upload date rather than photo date) and I get thumbnails in iPhoto, but when I click on the photo, it enlarges to the grey box of death (the one with the ! in the middle).
Now, I was fussing with my folders while I was learning the hard way that the new relase does everythng by download date. So, I think what has happened is that the path has changed. I also have about 200 pictures in this 2006 download. How can I tell iPhoto what the path is to all these pictures??? They arent gone, just moved!
I tried to re-uppload them but then I get an error message that I cant upload photos that already exist in iPhoto folders.
HELP!
PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Scott,
You can have a look at lori's diagram of the iPhoto 6 Library folder. She explains the structure very well.
Can you name the rolls back to what they were? That would be the easiest way to correct the damage. Open 2 Finder windows. Set them to column view, and place one below the other so that you can see both at the same time. Navigate one Finder window to iPhoto Library/ Originals. Navigate the other window to iPhoto Library/ Data. The Data folder contains the thumbnails created by iPhoto to make for efficient viewing of your library. It should contain exactly the same film rolls, and exactly the same photos as the Originals folder. If you had renamed the roll folders in Originals, compare them to the roll folders in the Data folder and give them back their original names.
The Modified folder only contains roll folders for rolls in which at least one photo was modified. [So it matches the other 2 folders, but may be an incomplete set.] The rolls that are in Modified should have the same name as the corresponding rolls in Originals and Data.
See if that can help you restore the folder names back to their correct names. In future, the correct way to rename your rolls in from inside iPhoto. Select Library from the Source Pane and set the View to Film Rolls. Open the info pane in the lower left corner of the iPhoto window. With a roll's name selected, you can edit it's title, date, and comments in the info pane.
If you are unable to reverse the damage please post back and we'll take it from there.

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