Elements 9 catalog to Lightroom 3

I just installed Lightroom 3 and I am trying to import/convert my Elements 9 catalog.  the elements 9 catalog is on a network drive and all of the images are too. Lightroom does not appear to accept catalogs in a network drive so I copied to a local drive.  Now it seems as though it will not process any images that are on network drives.  AM I missing something?  has anyone found a workaround for this, other than a new image import and retagging.
Thanks in advance.

John,
Thanks for the information.
I will begin the conversion this evening.

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