Converting elements 10 to elements 12. Backup 10 successful. Restore to 12 saying back up no good

Did Backup from 10 to external hard drive.  Backup successful.  When I try to restore to 12 I get a message that I don't have a valid backup. Can you advise help?

Okay, found my own answer, finally. Ran across a posting including this line:
You can test that the catalog copy is ok by double clicking (or the Mac equivalent) on the file : catalog.pse10db. That should open the organizer with the catalog copy.
which gave me the idea to find that catalog.pse10db file. Found it, double clicked on it, and the organizer came up with all of our pictures, albums, etc. and has apparently decided that this is what we want *smile*.
So all's well that ends well.

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