Iphoto thumbnails are disappearing....

Some of my thumbnails have disappeared. When I click on the photo all I get is a circle with a question mark in it. Are the photos gone for good? I recently moved from a PC to a Mac and have imported most of the photos from an external hard drive. thanks for your help

Well, tried that (took over 4 hours)... about 20 pictures are missing--- from the same event. I no longer have these pictures on a photo card (and as yet have not hooked up Time Capsule as my permanent back-up). Any other thoughts as to where the missing pictures disappeared?? They are not life or death but they were there last week.

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