Black squares in iPhoto

Hello all,
Last night I retrieved a backup of my iPhoto library from an external dard drive. When I opened iPhoto, I saw that some of my events showed up as blcak squares and I can't view the images. Is there any way for me to retrieve my files? Thanks.

What do you mean by "manual rebuild"? Is it this:
Start over with a new library and import the Originals folder from your original library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
1. Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
2. Open the library package like this.
3. Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
4. Drag the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library if you have the Finder checkbox unchecked in the Events preference pane.
That will get all image files that are in the Originals folder and its subfolders.
OT

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