What happenrd tu our albums and where did a bunch of empty files come from?

We have recently had problems with iPhoto 4 (See my message there) and tried solving at least some of them by upgrading to '06. The installation seemed to go smoothly and when I received message that a photo library was found and did I want to import it I said yes, assuming it was my old library. Well it took a while to bring in about 6300 pictures. Before I continue let me add that I had copied (drag/drop) the -4 library to second hard drive for backup. I had also carried out an Archive and Reinstall trying to solve other problems.
I now have two new problems:
1. Eventhough the photos seem to have come through OK we lost our albums. Is there a way to recover them? My wife put a lot of time into several of them and she is NOT PLEASED!
2. Now my library has been expanded to about 12,000 files. I can't say photos since it appears a second file containing nothing was created for almost all of the photos, I can't see a reason a few were skipped. If you try to edit one of these "photos" the rainbow circle appears and the program freezes, a force quit of iPhoto is the only way to gain control of the computer. This also happens if one of the blanks is included in a slideshow. I can delete them but I may wear out my mouse clicking on all of the blank files. They have the same id as a photo that does behave properly.
My best guess is that aliases were somehow taken through the transformation. //is there a way to aviod these problems when I upgrade our 15" Powerbook?
Thanks.
Bill

OB:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Does you backup copy of your V4 library contain all of your photos? That is have you added any to the new library that's giving you trouble? If not then try the following:
1 - copy your backup library folder to your HD and name it something like "Primary Library" and put it in your Pictures folder.
2 - download and run BatChmod on the Primary Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
3 - launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and, when asked, select the Find library option.
4 - navigate to the Pictures folder and select the Primary Library folder.
Then you'll go thru the upgrade process again. See if that won't get you thru it OK.
If albums are lost the pictures will still be in the main library.
Do you Twango?

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