Upgraded to PSE, catalog won't convert

Been using PSASE3.2 with no problems. Just downloaded and installed upgrade to PSE, installed no problems. Runs no problem, although catalog is empty - it didn't notice my current catalog iwth 13000 photos in it.
I followed the procedure on the KB and located my current PSASE catalog to convert. Conversion fails, complains that the catalog is corrupted and I should repair with the creating program. Unfortunately, PSASE does not appear to have this functionality. I saw an article on the KB that said I could hold down CTRL when starting PSASE and I would have an option to repair catalog but I don't get that option.
Any suggestions for how to get my PSASE catalog into PSE?

I have been through a similar hell over the past week, and I was finally able to workaround the issue.
Attempting to upgrade from PSA 2.0.1 to PSE6. When attempting to convert the catalog, it would always bail out at 26% and complain that it could not convert.
I tried a variety of approaches suggested by a variety of users, but no luck. Of course, PSA2 would always claim that its catalog was fine, so no help there.
Finally, this approach (very PAINFUL!) worked. In a nutshell, I recursively deleted half of the photos from the catalog until the PSE6 conversion succeeded. Specifics:
First, backup the PSA2.0 catalog (.psa file and associated folder containing cache) and mark it read-only to prevent accidental corruption. Just for extra safety, make another backup copy in a different directory.
Second, open PSA2. Unhide all of your hidden photos to make sure there are no hidden pics lurking about. Now, simply delete half of the photos from the catalog. Make a note of which range of items you deleted. Close PSA2.
Now, open PSE6 and attempt conversion. Conversion may succeed, as I discovered to my delight. If conversion succeeds, it means that one (or more) of the items you deleted was causing the problem. If it fails, the problem item is still in the catalog.
Close PSE6.
If the conversion in PSE6 FAILED, assume that it will succeed with the other half of your catalog. So go back and attempt to delete the other half of the catalog and see if conversion succeeds.
Do this by restoring your original PSA2 catalog by deleting the current .psa and its folder and copying your backup copies into their place (ctrl + drag). You should still have your read-only backup copy in place!
Open PSA2. You should have your original catalog and photo inventory. Delete the half of the catalog that you did not delete the first time. Close PSA2, open PSE6, and attempt conversion. If it succeeds after having failed the first time, then you know that something in the half which was deleted was what was causing the failure.
Continue this process with smaller and smaller portions of the catalog. With luck, you can zero in on a small number of culprits (hopefully only one).
I spent about an hour doing this last night, went through about 12 iterations, and finally reduced the problem down to one of four possible photos causing the conversion issue. In the final step, I deleted these four photos from the catalog, successfully converted it in PSE6, and then just re-imported those four into PSE6.
When the conversion succeeds, all of my tags and collections came over to PSE6 OK. The PSA2 collections become albums in PSE6. I think I got lucky that only one or two files were preventing conversion; I hope there are no situations where many records are corrupted.
My ultimate goal in going to PSE6 is to use PSE6's ability to write your tags onto the jpg files themselves. Hopefully this will free us in the future from being shackled to PSE's proprietary database system, and allow us to import our tagged jpgs into any future photo-management application, just like we do with MP3 files. The metadata will be embedded in each file, where it belongs!

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