IPhoto to Aperture upgrade failure

Hello, I have upgraded to the latest iPhoto 9.3 in order to upgrade the picture library to work with Aperture, but the upgrade of the picture library stops at step 5 of 9 at 96%. I have tried a several times and in safe mode as well. Any tips?
At the moment I can´t use the pictures at all, beacuse the library looks like an Aperture library, but needs an upgrade by starting iPhoto.
Can I remove iPhoto and install it again without remove the existing picture library?
Thank´s
Magnus

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
If that fails:
Restore from your back up. Repair the Library (as above) and then upgrade again.

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