Photos could not be imported

Hi:
I'm not sure if the import was interupted or what, but I imported a lot of pictures from a client, and now I am getting these messages:
"1742 photos have been found in the iPhoto Library that were not imported (Would you like to import them?)"
If I click Yes, then a window pops up:
"Unreadable Files" saying "the following files could not be imported" with a list of files and an OK button. Next time I launch, same thing, with a window "the photos have been placed in the folder users/username/Pictures/iPhoto Library Recovered Photos and an OK button.
I opened the iPhoto package and deleted all of the recovered photos folders and the same thing continues.
TIA for any suggestions.

This is the response for unreadable files, which today I can't import into iPhoto.
On the Apple Website, this was the response to a similar problem for someone:
"Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a Folder called 'Import' or 'Importing'.
Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes.
Start iPhoto. Does that help?
Regards
TD "
TD, I did what you said and it didn't work for me! Perhaps you know something more about it.
The error window said, Unreadable files. The following files cannot be imported, they may be invalid data,(something to that effect).
anyone have this experience? I did what it said above, the import folder is sitting on my desktop, but I didn't have the success that the man before me did when he followed the same instructions.
Suzanne

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