"recovered"files. what are they?

I have 25,000 photos in a library. Also there are thousands of photos in a folder called "Recovered Folder" of which they show as ALBUMS. I have checked many of them, and they seem to be duplicates of the photos in PROJECTS. I have tried to find out what they are, and why they are present, but only find a relationship to Vaults, which I do not use.
a)what are they and where did they come from?
b) can I get rid f them withut loosing any of my photos?
Thank you
Asuch

a) A "recovered" folder is akind of "Lost & Found" place. When you repair an Aperure library, upgrade it, or rebuild it, Aperture will place there any items found in the Aperture library, that are no longer tied to versions in your projects.
b) That is hard to tell, without seeing your library. Frequently these items are just items that should have been trashed, but the Trash did not empty properly. Then you can trash them. But sometimes versions are losing there connection to the originals, but you may not notice it immediately, until you try to edit the version or to export it. And then you will need the recovered item. The safest cause of action would be to create a backup copy of your library as it is now. Then look at your recovered items and try to identify the original in its project, If you are sure, that you have a working copy of the recovered item, delete it.

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