Time machine bug after upgrading system

Hello,
I just upgraded my macbook pro from Lion to Mountain Lion.
After this upgrade, I created a new admin account and tried to install back my previous account with my entire files thanks to migration assistant with a time machine data.
Unfortunately, it seems that my 150go of personal data are in my hard drive after time machine'work but I can see my last account with my entire file. I have just the choice to loggin to my new ML admin account. Moreover, I can use some application with this new account but the fact is that I can found my important files.
Do you have any solution in order to find my previous account?
Thank you,
Regards,
Niels.

See the pink box in Problems after using Migration Assistant for an explanation.  One of the workarounds in the green box (probably #4) should set things right.

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