Can't open my JPEGS after upgrade to Leopard.

I upgraded to Leopard about a year ago. It has been great so far except for one problem. I had a bunch of photos from work all saved as JPEG's in a portable HD and another backup drive. Now I can't open then with any software (i.e. iPhoto or GIMP). When you look at the files on finder the are shaded (like they have been selected when you are going to move or copy) and when you click on the photo the following message comes up: "The item "????.JPEG is in use right now and can't be opened. Try again when the current task (such as moving, copying or emptying the trash) is complete". I have also gotten the message that the photos are in use by another program. I have tried multiple things including copying the files to other drives including the Mac. You can open them in other computers and even open them on quick look, but again no luck opening them with any program on my Mac.

I don't remember the version of tiger but always keep it updated with downloads. I ran DU and the postable disk is a FAT 32 formatted hard drive so it won't run. I did the other things that you said and the following cam up. The image file is called "axial drawing.jpg" stuff the I edited out has a question mark "?":
total 46320
drwx------+ 35 Johnny staff 1190 Mar 5 20:43 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 19 Johnny staff 646 Mar 3 17:00 ..
-rw-------@ 1 Johnny staff 21508 Mar 5 20:43 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 Johnny staff 0 Feb 18 00:40 .localized
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 22528 Mar 3 20:52 ??? certificate request.doc
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 268 Jul 4 2008 ????? ???? Log.webloc
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 24064 Mar 3 20:48 BOR SCHEDULE.doc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Johnny staff 2782593 Dec 25 15:28 Cartaa_SantaClaus.wmv
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 98979 Feb 28 07:00 DOC022409.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 6 Johnny staff 204 Feb 16 19:10 Free ????
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Johnny staff 876568 Jan 8 20:20 IRISHDUITEST.wmv
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 32256 Feb 28 06:54 ??????-Weekly Schedule.doc
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 109568 Feb 28 06:56 MAR09 RES CALL.doc
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 109056 Feb 28 06:56 MAR09 STAFF CALL.doc
drwxrwxrwx 15 Johnny staff 510 Feb 16 19:10 Mastopexy
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Johnny staff 14918465 Oct 8 21:29 Mastopexy97.pptx
-rw-r--r-- 1 Johnny staff 8700 Mar 3 06:00 ?????PDF.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 6 Johnny staff 204 Feb 16 19:10 Papers
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 9903 Mar 5 19:11 Picture 1.png
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 240260 Mar 5 19:12 Picture 2.png
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 253781 Mar 5 19:12 Picture 5.png
drwxrwxrwx 15 Johnny staff 510 Mar 31 2005 Presentations
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 16308 May 1 2008 ????? ???? flag.png
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 265 Jul 4 2008 Resident Hours.webloc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Johnny staff 34855 Sep 28 09:38 Spectacles.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Johnny staff 2701336 Nov 8 07:51 ??????? Cartoon.JPG
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 0 Feb 18 19:28 ??????? Case Log
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 31232 Jan 8 20:16 Video Library Listing.doc
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Johnny staff 34816 Feb 28 06:55 ???????-Weekly Schedule.doc
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 0 Jun 12 2006 *axial drawing.jpg*
drwxrwxrwx 8 Johnny staff 272 Feb 16 19:10 gynecomastia
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 287 Jul 30 2008 iChain Login.webloc
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Johnny staff 19456 Jul 13 2008 lacasa ????? keys.doc
drwxrwxrwx 4 Johnny staff 136 Feb 16 19:10 polands
-rw-r--r-- 1 Johnny staff 1244608 Feb 28 15:06 rockbox-ipodnano.pdf
????????????-imac:~ Johnny$

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