Trying to view photos from old backup on a MacBook pro

I have been looking for an old set of photos taken in 2005. They were on an external HD which I originally used with an old iMac. I couldn't view them on the iMac because I had upgraded iPhoto. So I connected the ex. HD to my MacBook Pro running iPhoto '11, which told me that I needed to upgrade the iPhoto library (the one on the ex. HD) in order to be able to view the content....fine, so I did. The problem is that if I click on the thumbnail it doesn't load the photo, just a black background with a triangle an ! But the info pane shows a photo size file ie 2.6 mb. Does anyone know how to rectify this problem as all the 10 GB are not viewable
Thanks
Colin

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
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