Why did some events & photos disappear when I moved library to X drive

I tried to free up some storage on my computer. I followed the IPhoto Help instructions and moved the I photo library picture package to my Xternal hard drive. When I open it from there (or from the Hard Drive where I copied it back again)...some photos only show up when I view the entire photo collection. They do not show up as events and they do not show up when I click them to open for editing. Just black space. They do show up in the thumbnails in the books I'm creating and in the books. Why can't I click and edit them? They also will not export to the desk top.
Once again I have messed up in an attempt to do what seemed like a good idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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