Problems transferring old iPhoto library to iPhoto 6

Several months ago, I upgraded to iPhoto 6. Prior to doing so, I saved my photo files to another hard drive as a backup. Somehow, the old iPhoto library (~9000 photos) did not transfer to iPhoto 6. Then, I tried to drag the “Originals folder “into iPhoto 6, and although it first appeared the transfer was working, iPhoto quit during the download. After trying several more times with the same result, I decided to use iPhoto 6 for new photos and it has worked like it should.
I would like to put all of my old photos back into iPhoto, so, today, I booted iPhoto while holding the option key down, “chose library” and then selected the old iPhoto library file. When it said that the old file would be changed to an iPhoto 6 file, I clicked OK. Everything went well until new thumbnails were being created and then iPhoto quit again.
Is there another way to do this? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Rick

Rick
Given that iPhoto crashes on the update and on the import, it suggests that there's a damaged jpeg in there somewhere.
Try rebuilding the library with the Rebuild command from iPhoto Library Manager. This will create a new library with your pics. Read the help on iPhoto Library Manager first.
Regards
TD

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