Converting from Elements 11 to Lightroom 4.3

I have converted my Elements 11 catalog in Lightroom 4 but almost all pictures are gray blanks and I cannot seee them or access them. Do I need to delete the catalog and try again or is there another way? Thank you.

Thank you both for your all your help. In fact, after a lot of thought and experimentation, I reached the conclusion that LR was not lying when it said it could not find the photos. I looked carefully at the path of a missing photo and discovered that one character in one of the folder names in the path was missing.
Then I recalled that I had had a system crash last year and Windows had to be re-installed. When the technician restored my backup, he somehow put all my photos into a folder which varied by one character.
When I tried to convert my Elements catalog, I (or the system) chose an old Elements catalog dating from before the crash so all the paths were inaccurate and LR was absolutelty right.
I have now deleted the offending catalog and converted the latest Elements catalog and all seems in order (sigh of relief!).
I am sorry to have wasted your time but your input did help because it made me think.
(Enjoying your book, Victoria).

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