Why can I not edit my photos

have my library on an external hard drive.  Recently copied it to another ext. hard drive.  Had a power outage last night.  now, I can see all the photos but when  i click to edit, I get either a bang symbol or a black screen.
help!

Thank you.
How would I go about the first idea?  Backing up from before the outage?  Also, the back up external drive that photos had been saved to was not attached at the time of the power outage which is also concerning.
I would need a step by step as my skill level is limited.
Jim

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