Importing images from Reference Libraries (on external) to iPhoto

I have set up folders on my external hard drive and imported photos from my Nikon SLR using Image Capture. Now I am trying to import those photos into iPhoto with out copying them. I have already disabled the copy feature under advanced preferences, but when I click import this message comes up
"Unreadable files: 91
The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may contain valid data)."
I read another post on needing to change the color profile to RGB and I did so (using Apple RGB and General RGB) and it still didn't work. Any suggestions?

I set up a new user and got everything working on my old PowerBook G4, however I am experiencing issues when trying to import my pics from my external to iPhoto. I had an issue with iTunes which is why I set up a new user but now iPhoto is not recognizing the pics that I am trying to import and I am getting the same error message that the user above was getting.
I have opened the pics in preview and they are working fine.
Can anyone help?

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