PSE 7: "Base directory" for locating files?

I'm trying to salvage a Photoshop Elements 7 catalog that won't cleanly regenerate thumbtails on the old machine (so it hangs). I tried deleting the cache, but the system crashes the first couple of times regenerating the thumbnails, and eventually seems to "hang" at 50% CPU (sits for hours, seeming doing nothing).  The log file is no help.
On my new machine, there is no hang, but PSE 7 it is VERY slow to re-locate files, since everything is now at a different location.
Question: Is there a way to set the "base directory" for where Elements starts its search for files, when the location referenced in the catalog has changed?  Is there another way to update the catalog, when the physical location of files has changed?
I wanted to backup from the old machine and restore to the new via an external USB disk, but because the old machine "hangs" on the thumbnails, I can't.  At this point, I'm thinking of re-cataloging my thousands of photos...

That's not how PSE works.
PSE knows about photos only if you Import the photos into PSE. Then, PSE knows what folder the photo files are in, and they must remain in that directory, unless you use PSE to move them.
So, if the photos are in different directories on the new computer, you must reconnect the photos to the PSE Organizer. Here are the details on how to do this: http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Quickly_reconnecting_la rge

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