Migrating PC files to new Mac after losing connection

I'm using Migration Assistant to move my files from my old PC to my new MacBook Air. I set everything up, connected the two computers with an Ethernet cable, and started the transfer. About two hours (out of a predicted 9) into the transfer, I lost my internet connection. I paused the migration. Then I quit to begin again.
Since restarting I've tried everything, but I cannot get the Mac to find the PC code. It's connected, but it will not pull up that code that is supposed to show on both computers before you hit continue. It pulled up the first time, I chose the files I wanted to move, and off we went. I've rebooted both. Uninstalled the Migration Assistant from the PC and rebooted. I've repeated all of this numerous times. Nothing works.
How do I migrate the files from my PC to my Mac when it's the second attempt after the first was interrupted? What is the secret trick?

Thanks, Tuttle, for the lead. I wrote to Andreas (author of Eudora Mailbox Cleaner) and he explained what happened. Eudora doesn't store an attachment with the e-mail message--it creates a link to the attachment. The link is hardware dependent, so if you move the Eudora folder, the links get broken. He said there was really no way to reconnect the links. Since I have all the messages, and all the attachments, I can still manually find an attachment to a message if I really need it. This is a major flaw with Eudora in my book (too bad, because I like the other features of the program).

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