Lost photos! Not on backup..iPhoto won't download.

Help please. I downloaded the iPhoto 11 on November 9, still has wheel turning. Popup message says damaged and unreadable. Restore. How do I get my pics back and stop this wheel turning and enjoy my iPhoto again? I don't think I had a backup done prior to iPhoto 11 install. Can I still get my photos back and enjoy this iPhoto 11 without this headache and inconvenience? Somebody help! I need step by step instructions if possible. Simple ones at that. Thanks!

Well surprisingly the wheel stopped this morning made me rename the photo library and still won't let me get the photos I lost. Now what? Message is gone so I can't tell you exactly what it said...sorry. So how can I retrieve the pics that were in the original iPhoto library?

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Yes I draged some of the pictures from the finder and made a new folder called photos, but when I look for the photos in the finder under itunes they are all still there.
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I can't seem to find some photos I was working on yesterday.
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