Converting My Catalog.PSA from photoshop 8.0 to 13

I am having trouble converting my catalog.psa through the catalog manager. I can see the "my catalog.psa" file when I navigate through windows explorer but when I navigate through the photoshop 13 catalog manager it cannot be seen to click on and convert? Any help out there? Thanks,

You do not have Photoshop proper; you have Elements.
You're in the wrong forum. This is not the Elements forum.
Here's the link to the forum you want:
https://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop_elements/content

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Thanks so much, Andaleeb, for your interest in my problem.
The last idea I had was similar to your suggestion - to connect my new
notebook (on which I have PSE11) to the old PC (which has Starter Edition
on it), using Peer to Peer by wireless, so the notebook could see the files
on the PC.
Then Import the images into PSE11 from the "external drive" - this I
managed to do fairly easily.
Then I thought I should be able to access the Catalog file on the PC, in a
similar way from the notebook via the wireless connection.
My thinking was that it then should not be confused about where the images
were actually located; and I would then be able to send a backup
instruction from PSE11 to the files on the PC; and THEN - restore from that
backup, and using the fact that when restoring, PSE11 asks if you want to
relocate the files and catalog to a new location - and I could choose to
relocate them on the notebook.
However, although I managed to import the images into PSE11 easily, I could
not get it to recognize the catalog (.psa) file on the PC via the wireless
connection. I checked & rechecked that I had the relevant folder set
correctly to 'share', but no luck.
I don't know why this was, because it you copy the catalog file to a usb
stick & plug it into the notebook, it can pick it up OK.
So I tried that anyway, and converted the catalog again from the usb stick,
hoping that since the import of the images was via the wireless connect,
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At that point, I lost heart & decided I would have to abandon the project &
just start the massive task of re-cataloging. I have a total of 64Gig of
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Now your suggestion has inspired me to give it one more try. It might make
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negotiate the external drive thing. I had forgotten that I can do this with
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FROM PHOTOSHOP ALBUM
System Details:
#### NOTE the following is incorrect (copied from “System Info” on Album Help. This is the original build OS; currently Windows 7 with latest updates. See further down for Photoshop Elements for System Info. ####
Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0.0.16271
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Operating System Name: XP
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:10 Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP
Built-in Memory: 4GB
Free Memory: 4GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: 7.76
Adobe Image Viewer Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 11.0
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
Adobe Atmosphere Version: 3.0
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Elements Organizer 13.0.0.0
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Language Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
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Catalog Size: 132KB
Catalog Cache Size: 31.8KB
System:
Operating System Name: Windows 7
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture:
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Free Memory: 4.6GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: Not installed
Adobe Reader Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
CD and DVD drives:
D: (ATAPI iHAS624 BUS: 1 ID: 1 Firmware: B)

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I am curious
Is PS Album 2 running on a Windows XP PC ? Does PS Album run normally ?
PSE 4 on the same PC ?
Is PSE 9 running on the same computer as Photoshop Album 2 ?
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My PC has three drives
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Your catalogs end up under something called "breeze data" and are very diffcult to find, why are they called this?
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1) For those backup catalogues that I have on D and F i can still back those up by going to the drive (through photoshop elements and your instructions above) and doing a conversion. The result will still stay in the same drive. If I have multiple catalogues on a drive, I should convert each one of them or just the most recent?
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Yes, that will free up some space.
4) I should not touch/move the converted files in C
Is this correct?
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1. Tags and Collection import
> OK
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