LR5 import of Elements 9 catalog

LR5 import of Elements 9 catalog fails to import 50% of files. Tried 2 times same result

Ok ran trhu the upgrade elements catalog again and
Looking into types there were several - doesn't seem a pattern. I have looked into fixing this by importing by drag and drop from elements catalog and then moving the files into collections estimate about 10 hours so this is not end of world just a pain. If you can offer a solution great its first option now

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jinsmn wrote:
One of my customer purchased Elements 12 and he need to import his Catalog files originally from Elements 6. He created the BUC file from PSE6 machine and Transfered it to the new PSE 12 system. Tried to open the backup catalog.buc file with PSE12 but it said, "Could not complete request because not the right kind of document". Please help me to resolve this issue. Please give me exact steps to resolve the issue.
Regards
Jins
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http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html

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Where is photoshop elements 11 catalog files stored in windows 7 for carbonite to back up? Also any other files besides the pictures that I should back up?
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John,
Thanks for the information.
I will begin the conversion this evening.

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