Album goes black, uggrade to 6.06, fear of corruption -

Several of my albums went black/empty that had had photos. These same photos disappeared from the library as well. I am concerned there is something corrupt in the application. I did find most of them in "my pictures" or in the canon application that came with the camera.
I just bought iPhoto6 and upgraded to 6.06. I am wondering if I should export all of the photos, or the library and re-install the new software and keep the old photos separate from this new upgrade - with an entirely new library???
I have deleted the preferences and also rebuilt the thumbnails as well as repaired permissions already.

You can't trash those as they are hardwired into the iPhoto application. If you add any image files with created dates in those years they will show up when you click on them. Do not uncheck them as that will hide any photos that may fall in those years.
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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