Aperture 3 - Error Importing Library

Hi folks!
My Macbook's hard drive crashed so I had to reinstall OSX 10.6 and use the time machine to bring the stuff back.
After reinstalling everything I also updated OSX to 10.6.7 and and finally updated Aperture to 3.1.2 via App Store.
Then I tried to open the Aperture 3 and this happened:
Error Importing Library
Now if I go to File/Switch to Library/Other/New... there is a new library called "Aperture Library (current default)" (Version 3.1.2) including zero versions and masters.
My old library is automatically renamed as "Aperture Library_Original" including 17xxx versions... (Version 3.1.1)
I've tried to rebuild the library etc etc but it won't do it and gives the same Error Importing Library error all the time.
Now I even reinstalled everything again, installed 10.6.6 and now my Aperture is also 3.1.1. Still the same error comes..
Do you guys/girls have any idea what to try next?
Thank you in advance!
Tohlo
Finland

Oops, not sure whether using References or Managed.. But I would bet that Managed..
Those other 2010 folders are from the time before Aperture 3, I purchased Aperture about 2 months ago via App Store.
Default Picture folder contains Aperture Libraries, iPhoto library, Photo Booth folder and few of those random 2010_ picture folders.. Don't even know why those are there anyway..
but but.. I'm now already starting to think that I've almost all of the pics in iPhoto..
If in Finder I right-click my old Aperture Library and choose "Show content" (or something like that, my OSX is in Finnish) - I'm able to find those few new albums and their photos which are not in iPhoto.. If I just copy those to iPhoto and Import it again.. Naturally I would loose the project structure I've created in Aperture and few edited photos.. but at least I would get my Aperture back again and forget that this incident ever happened..

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