Imported Mail messages not loading

I have upgraded to Mountain Lion (finally) and the imported messages into my new version of Mail take ages to load, some of them dont load at all. I just get the spinning cartwheel of infinity and nothing else. Newly received messages are fine. Its just the older pre-upgrade ones.
Can anyone help?
Referring to old emails is something I need to do on a daily basis.
Cheers

Quit Mail.
Back up all data. That means you know you can restore the Mail database, no matter what happens.
Triple-click the text on the line below to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar. Paste into the box that opens (command-V), then press return.
A Finder window will open with a file selected. Move the selected file to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Other files in the folder may have names that begin with "Envelope Index". Move those files, if any, to the Trash. Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is corrupt and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. If you get a warning that the file is in use when you try to empty the Trash, log out and log back in.

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