Two of me as admin users in new MBA causes permissions issues after setup and migration

Normally I migrate to new Macs via firewire target mode. Flash forward to a new MacBook Air with no firewire.
I think I made a mistake in migration. I began setup as a new owner of the brand new MBA, then migrated my existing G4 PowerBook contents using Time Machine via USB.
The end result is that I have two accounts that represent me on the new MBA; the one I was guided into setting up when I first powered the MBA up, and the old user account from the PB. Although both are admin accounts, I have access to only some files when logged in as either admin. I tried repairing permissions, but no go. It also seems to hide files from the other account when searching in Spotlight.
It seems the only fix may be to do this all over again without setting up a new account in the MBA, but is that even possible? What would be the best way out of this mess so that I have one admin account with access to new files created under the new user and old files from the old PB user, as well as full permissions for all documents?

I concur with Colin: start over and use Setup Assistant. I used Migration Assistant once and it took me a week to clear up the mess. Although the two are basically the same process, by the time you use MA you already have an account established - hence the duplications - whereas SA moves over and creates one account.
And, for Colin:
looks like the OP inserted an impage/jpg of his post?

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