Lightroom 4 import

I've just installed Windows 7 to allow me to run Lightroom 4 and imported my image files.
I cannot see the changes I made to the images in Lightroom 3 in the develop mode? is this information saved with the image? and how do I retrieve it?
Regards
Tony

You will have a copy.
LR will create a copy from your current catalog and the new one will be [catalog_name]_2.lrcat.
You should do a backup before upgrading anyway

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I am trying to get a consistent behaviour to a set of circumstances so I can give you specific details, in case it helps you spot the problem or suggest a cure.
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