Where are photo meta files kept?

Where are the meta data files (if that is the correct term) kept for phots that are tagged, key worded, etc. in Phtoshop Elements 8. I screwed up my boot drive and had to re-install all programs. My photo dawere files are safe on another hard drive but I can't find any mycatalogfiles or equivalent on it nor in the image of my boot drive. Thanks for any assistance you all can provide. 

The tags and other metadata are kept in the catalog file, and usually this is stored on the C: drive, unless you specifically moved it or created it on a different drive. For PSE8, the file name is *.pse8db. I do not know the default directory (maybe someone else can help), but you can use Windows to search for any file named *.pse8db (you might have to tell Windows to look in hidden directories). Good luck!
If you meant to say you had to re-format the boot drive (you didn't actually say that, but its sort of implied), then your catalog file and the tags and other metadata are gone. I hope you practiced safe computing and made a backup!

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