File Info window and Spotlight comments

I typed somme comments in File Info Window, box titled Spotlight comments.
All these comments are gone after System restart (Snow Leopard 10.6.8) and I am unable to read them again. But STRANGE... when I do a Spotlight research with one word I typed in Spotlight comments, the file name is displayed and I can open its Info Window, but no luck the Spotlight comments are still empty.
The chain I typed are still there in the file info but hidden to my eyes, is there a mean to retrieve these comments?
Best regards and thanks, please excuse me language as I'm wrting from France.
JfS

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