LR 4.4 - Import - Nef File - preview unavailable for this file

Hello, using LR4.4 I get, for SOME (not all) NEF files, the following error message : "Preview Unavailable for this file". Files are stored on a local hard drive. They could be "seen" with ViewNX, Capture NX. Don't understand.

I don’t own a Nikon so please don’t assume this reply is in any way authoritative but I have heard of corrupt NEF files recently and, purely coincidentally, I noticed that Phil Harvey (ExifTool creator) has developed a utility to fix them. Further information here: http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/fix_corrupted_nef.html

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