Upgrading FCE 3.0 to 3.5

G'Day,
Have recently installed FCE 3.0 onto my imac, and have purchased the upgrade to 3.5. installed the upgrade disc's and when i start up FCE it still say's it is V3.0, have i installed it correctly or is there something im missing...Im just putting the disc in and clicking on the install icon, and letting it go.
Please help.

G'Day,
Na the only icons i get on the DVD is all the tutorial stuff, i get the FCE HD DVD Tutorial, Install quicktime 7, Magnet Media License agreement, and a movies folder. When i install the soundtrack DVD in the upgrade kit i get the Install Apple Loops for soundtrack icon, and when i install the live type media one DVD i get the install livetype media 1 icon.
Thats all when i installed V3.0 i got the screen as you showed above, but the upgrade kit to V3.5 never came with an install disc just a tutorial DVD and a soundtrack disc and two livetype discs.
Thats it....

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