Converting from Elements 5 to 9, one catalog, many folders

I am getting ready to convert from version 5 to v9. i have made a complete catalog backup to external drive. Over the years with 3 different users of the system we have unfortunately managed to place pictures in many various folder locations. Is there an easy way to get those under one folder location? If i move a folder it will obviously show a broken link and then i must reconnect the picture in the catalog which could take may hours or days of tedious work if i move lots of folders with lots of pictures. I have my pictures in elements grouped like i want to by tags and catagories but would like to have organized in a single folder structure.
Also, during the conversion from 5 to 9 when it asks about converting catalogs will i have any issues with the folders spread out all over the place? I shouldn't if they are all in the same catalog, correct?
thanks for anyones help.

Here are the best advice for moving catalogs :
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Move_your_photos_1
and :
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Move_your_photos
The principle is quite straightforward : you do a full backup of your catalog from PSE5 organizer on an external disk and you use PSE9 to restore it. PSE9 should prompt you to convert the catalog : you do. It will then create a copy of the catalog folder (the one containing the database) in its own format.
My suggestion is not to choose the same location for restore, due to differences in the Windows versions folder structure. Rather create a new top photo folder, for instance 'My pictures new' and check the option to keep the folder structure as also advised in the links above. The resulting structure may look a bit strange, but you won't have to reconnect missing files due to Windows variations in folder naming and structure.
If you start with a clean catalog, after a search for missing files, checking for errors and optimizing, everything should go well.
Remember though that you will get back your catalog and pictures, but you'll perhaps have to reinstall actions and plugins you may have in PSE5. This can be done on a case by case method.

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