IPhoto 6 install randomly destroyed iPhoto 5 images

Before upgrading from iLife05 to iLife06 I made a backup copy of my iPictures library and put it on the desktop. In the installation iPhoto 6 "recovered" 57 photos out of 271, with no discernible logic, and made a new file in iPhoto called "Recovered Photos." For the other 214 it wrote over their names (HPXXXXX.jpg) and icons and left instead in the iPictures Library (and the Desktop Backup Copy) blank white sheets with three digit numbers (422) or numbers plus the extension (422.attr) and when clicked these respond "unreadable--choose an application" but no application is available. In iPhoto itself the missing photos appear as grey ghost outlines (which give an when selected). I also have an iLife 05 backup on dvd but the Pictures Library files here appear in the same configuration described above. I have read other discussion threads with fragments of my problems but have not seen anything that addresses my specific issues. ¡Help, anyone!
powerbook g5 tiger 10.4.8   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   iPhoto 6.0 hp 6310 a-i-o hp photosmart 850
powerbook g5 tiger 10.4.8   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   iPhoto 6.0 hp 6310 a-i-o hp photosmart 850

Robert:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Have you updated to the latest version of V6, 6.0.5? To do so you first must update to 6.0.4 and then apply the 6.0.5 updater, followed by a repair of disk permissions with Disk Utility. Also you should be running Quicktime 7.1.3.
I don't see now it could have affected the backup copy on the Desktop. It has to be some other issue as iPhoto only works on the copy you tell it to or the one in the Picture folder by default.
Does the library in the Picture folder appear like this at all? If so check inside the Originals folder to see what full sized image files are in there.
If you backup library is still at the V5 level, make another copy of it and download and run BatChmod on it with the settings shown here, putting your administartive name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field. Launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and, when asked, navigate to that second copy folder on the Desktop and select it. See what that conversion will do. If it's successful then you can trash the one in the Pictures folder, move the successful one in there and rename iPhoto Library.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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