Photos don't show/won't copy/show black in slide shows

I have used iPhoto5 successfully for 2 years on my Powerbook. I accumulated over 8,000 photos so I copied the rolls onto CDs. Seemed to work but when I tried to view the copied pictures they look blank. Also, I can't view an original picture from a roll on my computer. When I click a photo from the list, it shows a blank on the screen. When I create a slide, all the pictures look black. How can I recover? My eternal gratitude to anyone with a solution.

I am having the same problem and posted a qyery on this about a week ago. I have since noticed that the thumbnails are there in the iPhot library, but when I try to expand them to full screen since (without creating a slideshow), the screen is blank white. Not a solution, I realize, but another piece of info that I hope someone can use to find the answer.

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