Some Previews unavailable in Import

Hi Iam Russell. Some of my imported photos are showing blank in preview mode before I import, reading Preveiw unavailable for this file. Does this mean when I import they wont be imported.
Message was edited by: Geoff the kiwi to clarify topic

Import the files and see.

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