IPhoto4 : no more picture files

Hi,
I have just updated from Panther to Tiger and it seems that in the process, all my pictures dated before 2006 have disappeared. I can still see them in iPhoto but they are nowhere to be found as individual documents.
I have tried exporting them from iPhoto but it says it is unable to do so.
How is that possible?
Thanks

but it says it is unable to do so
That doesn't sound like any warning dialog I've seen. Can you give a more precise wording of the iPhoto response to your export attempt?

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