IPhoto won't open - says unreleased version of iphoto

Hi,
I've been using iphoto without problems since I got my powerbook in March 06. I'm currently overseas and have been uploading hundreds of photos each week. Tonight, I went to upload pictures from today and they would not load - it said they were an unrecognised file format. I unplugged my camera, shut down the computer and tried again.
Something really strange has happened. I turned it back on and the items in my dock were like they were when you first install, my bookmarks have disappeared in safari, and when i try to open iphoto it says: the photo library was created with an unreleased version of iphoto. Please quit & upgrade this library by opening it in iphoto 2 or iphoto 4."
I am using iPhoto 5.0.4. What is going on??
Please help, I really need to upload these photos and make sure the other ones are not lost.
I don't have any installation disks with me as I am away...
Thanks!

Is there any way you can get a smaller external drive. Do you have an iPod maybe? Or maybe a small USB drive?
You need to copy the old library to some other source, either an external drive, or an iPod, or to disc. Your hard drive needs some more free space so you can't really create a new library and import the photos from the old library into it...not enough space. If you can get your old library copied to another source, then delete it from your hard drive, then you can create a new library and import the newer photos from your holiday.
Once you get home, you can copy the old library to your larger external. We can then work on getting the photos from that library accessible to you by creating another new library on the external and importing the photos from the old library into the new one on the external.
First you need to get the old library on the PB copied to another source so you can delete it from your PB.
So, can you buy a smaller external drive or do you have an iPod to copy it to?

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