Migration with no G1 files installed

Please fill out the following form and take a look at the linked pages. The more information you supply, the better we can help you.
FAQ:
- Is there a guide for migrating from G1 to G2 available?
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:migration
- What information is required when asking for help in the forums?
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:faq#What_information_is_required_when_I_ask_for_help_in_the_forums.3F
- How to enable and use the debug mode of G2?
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:faq#How_to_set.2Fuse_Gallery_in_debug_mode.3F
- Known Issues (might explain your problem):
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:KnownIssues
- You can copy and paste a lot of the required information from "Site Admin" -> "Maintenance" -> "System Information" if your G2 is up and running.

G2 URL (optional): private forum
G1 URL (optional): none
G1 version: none at present
G1 character set: ??
PHP memory limit: 90
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Gallery version = 2.0.2 core 1.0.0.2
PHP version = 4.4.0 apache
Webserver = Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) PHP/4.4.0 FrontPage/5.0.2.2510
Database = mysql 3.23.58
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, ImageMagick, Gd
Operating system = Linux mommies.propagation.net 2.4.31-grsec #1 SMP Mon Jun 20 12:41:20 CDT 2005 i686
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
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This weekend, we had a major system crash and lost all of our forum data. Silly me didn't have a recent backup, so we decided to look for the silver lining and just take the time to rebuild the entire forums and upgrade to the latest versions of all of our software, including Gallery 2.0.2.

All of the files and database info from our previous install were nuked.

I have everything now up and running with the latest version of phpBB and Gallery 2.0.2 imbedded within the forum. However, when I attempt to migrate my albums, I am not having much luck. I have a sinking feeling that I am going to have to reinstall Gallery 1 to get this to work, but since that seems sort of backwards to me, I figured I would post here first.

I have a tremendous gallery for this forum -- we run a mother's website and have gobs of moms wanting to show off their families, so there are a LOT of albums and a lot of photos. When I try to import them to the new gallery, it will allow me to choose which albums to import. However, I always end up with a blank screen. When I go back and refresh the gallery, it turns out that some of the images have imported, but they are importing two or three times EACH and they are not including all of the nested albums before starting a new copy of the main album again.

We have gone in and extended the script time to 600 and the memory to 90 (I think that is right... my husband (read:tech support) did this for me). I have tried only doing a few albums, but if I don't select the top album with the nested albums to import, they go into their own album...

Can anyone give me any suggestions for how to import our albums into G2? It is so frustrating to have all of the photos and info RIGHT THERE... but not know how to make G2 see it and work with it.

Any assistance is most appreciated.

Sincerely,
Heather