Albums disappeared

Dear all,
I had to reinstall the whole Mac OS X 10.3. I did and now in iPhoto I can not see the previously created albums. Their contents appear in the folder but without the albums. The albums do exist somewhere because when I tried to re-create one I was told that "the name is already in use". At the moment I have iPhoto 5.0 on my Mac. Would 5.0.1. upgrade bring the albums back on the screen?
Lacmac

Hi Laszlo,
Do you mean that when you open iPhoto you cannot see the albums you had made in the left hand source column?
Yes, you should upgrade to the latest version of iPhoto anyways. Not sure if that would correct your problem but it fixes some others.

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Angelis wrote:
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