Trouble with importing .NEF files, help please?!?!

I am trying to import my .NEF files into Lightroom and keep getting a message that pops up stating "The files are not recognized by the raw format support in Lightroom.". I have never had a problem importing .NEF files before. Does anyone know why I keep getting this message? Help, please and thank you!

Either the NEF files are from a camera newer than your LR version – each camera must be supported explicitly, OR your NEFs have been corrupted by using new camera NEFs with older Nikon software.
So either upgrade your LR to a new version or stop using obsolete Nikon software with your NEFs. You can use the following utility to fix the corrupted caused by obsolete Nikon software:
http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/fix_corrupted_nef.html

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Hi Folks.
I just made the plunge into the dslr world, purchasing a nikon d40x. I want to shoot raw files and work with the keepers in PS. I saw LR and watched several on-line tutorials by michael tate, and decided to DL the trial version. I'm running windows XP, and attempted to import 51 .nef files and 8 .jpg files. I got the .jpgs - no problem, but received an error message for the .nefs as an "unrecanized format." I am importing directly from the camera, not a card reader.
I have searched this forum quite a bit, and I am well aware of the perils of ver 1.0 anything, so I'm not totally surprised there are so many usability issues on this forum. I am surprised to learn that RAW files are not standardized, which seems counter productive to me. Cn you imagine various audio CDs that were proprietary? In reading this form, it appears I will need to focus on the .DNG format, as archival across multiple hardware is (or will be) important to me.
On another note, how does a company release even a 1.0 version that does not reliably import nikon and cannon raw files? aren't these the perhaps two most popular camera manufacturers world-wide. In searching this forum, I noticed issues with nikon and canon raw files. Presumably oly, fuji, sigma, minolta, panasonic, kodak, and others work perfectly fine.
I am prepared to wait while adobe gets this program ship shape, as LR looks like it is going to be a great program. Perhaps I need to get version 1.01, but I certainly do understand this: ver 1.0 is really a beta version, and were all beta testers!
Again, any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. If I have to wait on LR for a while, is there anyone out there who would recommend another program?
Thanks.
SP ~

D40X support should be available in ACR 4.1. Availability should be by the end of the week, according to dpreview. See
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I've got zillions (okay tens of thousands) of jpg files. I just got Lightroom today and I just started shooting nef+jpgfine with my D300 two weeks ago. Before then it was no RAW at all for me.
I'm trying to figure out how to approach my workflow for the future. I still suspect that, when I shot school functions, taking hundreds of photos, 90+% of the jpgs straight out of the camera will be perfect as is. For some small percentage of shots I will want to change them, so I can tweak the raw (or the jpg) files in the future.
1. If I have a folder with just jpgs, LR is happy to import those. But I have a folder with both jpgs and nefs in them, LR only allows me to import the nefs. First question: How do I do this, i.e. import both types into LR?
2. Here is my most basic (and my second) question, assuming I want to continue shooting BOTH raw and jpg, which I do, how do I use LR to manage the files?
3. For example, the first thing I want to do is to delete unwanted photos, which will have files of both types in the folder. How do I go about this using LR and without exiting to the Windows file manager to manually delete the jpgs?

>First question: How do I do this, i.e. import both types into LR?
On Import Tab of Preferences window, check "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos".
>.... how do I use LR to manage the files?
In grid view, you can get Lightroom to display filename and type on the frame around each photo in Grid view. Use CTRL+J or View->View Options to choose what you display.
Generally, the grid view will show .jpg and .nef versions of file next to each other, so when you want to delete a particular photo it is easy to select both the .jpg and .nef versions.
You could also do a Find with Text: Filename, Rule: Ends With, .JPG (or .NEF) in the search box to find all your .jpg (or .nef) files and work only with the .jpg or .nef files.
>the first thing I want to do is to delete unwanted photos, which will have files of both types in the folder. How do I go about this using LR and without...
Select them in grid view and delete. (but you should display filename and file type on the grid frame to make selection easier). Choose Delete from Disk on pop-up window if you want them removed from catalog and sent to recycle/trash.
I am sure that others will offer other suggestions, but all that you want to do can be done in Lightroom.

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I was assuming that it was not protected. However, as you point out, some aspects might be, and the OP might not be completely aware of this.
If there is protection, I strongly urge anyone to respect that, regardless of their intended use of the material. Copy protection is there for a very good reason. Regardless of what one might be able to do, they should be 100% ethical, and honor any/all copy protection. This is true for material from a videographer, or from a commercial studio. Should you need to use the material in such a DVD-Video, you should contact the author to get first permission, and then the original source material, that has not undergone the MPEG-2 compression to DVD-Video.
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