Corrupt catalog PSE7

I have PSE7 running on Vista. I have been regularly backing up my catalog (~13000 photos!) as recommended by Adobe. A few days ago my hard disk crashed and I now have my PC back with a new disk. I installed PSE7 and tried to restore my catalog, and then the problems began.
I am trying to recreate the same folder structure on the new disk. Unfortunately, the shop set me up with the user name which I requested but all in capitals. This means that I have an important user folder which is not absolutely identical to the name on the catalog backup, but the letters are the same, just the case is different. Apart from that, the structure should be identical.
I did not write down the questions I was asked by PSE during the restore, but I think an early question was whether I wished to restore to the original places, so I answered "yes".
I then started to get messages asking me whether I wished to overwrite folders one of which was "C:\documents and settings\-my name-\My Documents\..."
Since this was the folder structure used in Windows XP, and I had successfully (I thought) transfered my catalog from XP to Vista some months ago, I was very puzzled. I checked on my disk and no such folder exists (as it shouldn't under Vista).
Then I got a message saying "PSE is unable to restore to the original location because one or more drives do not match" whatever that might mean! So I tried restoring to the default location.
The restore progressed and eventually said it had completed successfully.
Imagine my horror when I found that my photos had been shuffled. For example, if I selected all photos of my grandson (using thhe family tab for him) about 2/3 of the photos selected had him on them, but the other third seemed to be selected completely at random. They had his tag on them, the file name was correct for one of his photos, but the content of the photo was, for example, a street scene taken a year before, which had not been tagged with his tag since he wasnt on the photo - he didn't exist then.
I also checked the contents of the folders using windows explorer, and found that the actually photos had been mixed up. The folder which shuld have just contained his photos contained these other photos with the file names used for photos of him but with the content now completely different. ALl the folders which I checked had been corrupted.
Luckily I have kept seperate backups of all my folders with photos in them using a backup program which is nothing to do with PSE. So I have not lost my photos - just the tags.
I phoned Adobe and was not very impressed with the quality of the technical support. Several times he asked me questions which I had answered a few minutes earlier, and frequently I had to ask him to repeat what he had just said because of his accent was hard to understand. He was not able to suggest a solution.
We agreed that there was nothing to do but start creating a new catalog. So I'm faced with re-tagging 13 thousand photos for no fault of my own. Not very impressed as you can imagine.
My question is "How can I avoid this happening the next time I want to migrate to a new disk, new PC, new operating system or similar???
Because I was getting messages relating to the old XP file structure, I believe that the problem may have been caused when I migrated PSE from a machine with XP to my current machine with Vista, but it seemed as if the migration had worked. No problems found until I tried to restore this catalog created on Vista.
Please can anyone tell me what went wrong and how I can avoid it in the future????
Thanks
Mike

Thanks for this detailed and clear suggestion John. I may yet need it, but I have discovered something very weird - hopefully good news.
When I double-click on a thumbnail which is the wrong thumbnail, it brings it up full window and then immediately replaces it with the correct photo while briefly saying "generating thumbnails" in the bottom left of the window. I find that even the thumbnails which are from the correct folder, and which I had therefore believed were the correct thumbnails, are in fact thumbnails pertaining to a different photo in the same folder, and when I double click it gets replaced with the correct photo. So basically about all of the thumbnails are incorrect, but everything else seems OK, and the correct thumbnail stays selected once it has been generated.
I guess this is because I have restored all my photos to their original location from the third-party backup and the catalog seems to have everything correct except the thumbnails.
In fact, it's quite quick to do manually. I just start at the beginning of the 15000 photos (13000 was out of date!) and bring it up full window and then repeatedly hit the right-arrow key 15000 times. A bore but a LOT simpler than re-tagging!!!
When I look in the catalog folder, I can see a file named 'catalog' with type PSE7DB which is about 51MB and another named 'thumb.5.cache' with type CACHE File which is about 283MB. I assume the second is the thumbnails and is corrupt and the first is the catalog proper with links to the file locations and tags etc and this seems not to be corrupted.
I think that I will carry on with this "generating thumbnails" unless you warn me against it as it is quick enough and does not involve any risk (as far as I can see) to my actual photo files or to the rest of the catalog.
Sorry that I didn't find this out earlier. Could have saved you some effort. I was just so horrified to see what looked like the 'wrong' photo with the right file name and tags, that I didn't explore any further.
Still don't know how the thumbnail cache got screwed, but in future I think I'll copy you and just backup the catalog folder along with the actual photos using my normal 3rd-party backup stuff which seems reliable (I use Second Copy and am pleased with it). That way I avoid the time needed to do the extra PSE backup of the catalog (I too avoided the incremental backups not having enough faith in the system) and I don't risk letting PSE loose with writing photo data files anywhere it thinks fit on my disk!
So, sorry to have perhaps wasted your time, especially as your help did wonders to raise my damaged moral!
All the best
Mike

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Create a brand-new test catalog and try importing the two folders into it. If they still disappear it is something to do with those folders or their contents. If they seem ok, then it could be something wrong with your catalog. When importing make sure you've done right-click Include Parent Folder enough times to make it the same relative depth of folders as your regular catalog.
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Event id 11
Possible Memory Leak. Application (C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted) (PID: 476) has passed a non-NULL pointer to RPC for an [out] parameter marked [allocate(all_nodes)]. [allocate(all_nodes)] parameters are always
reallocated; if the original pointer contained the address of valid memory, that memory will be leaked. The call originated on the interface with UUID ({3f31c91e-2545-4b7b-9311-9529e8bffef6}), Method number (20). User Action: Contact your application
vendor for an updated version of the application.
Event id 455
taskhost (1348) WebCacheLocal: Error -1811 (0xfffff8ed) occurred while opening logfile R:\User\App Data\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\V01.log.
Event Xml:
Event id 505
wuaueng.dll (1012) SUS20ClientDataStore: An attempt to open the compressed file "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb" for read / write access failed because it could not be converted to a normal file. The open file operation
will fail with error -4005 (0xfffff05b). To prevent this error in the future you can manually decompress the file and change the compression state of the containing folder to uncompressed. Writing to this file when it is compressed is not supported.
Event id 513
Cryptographic Services failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object
Event id 1000
Faulting application name: IEXPLORE.EXE, version: 11.0.9600.16428, time stamp: 0x525b664c
Faulting module name: IEFRAME.dll, version: 11.0.9600.16476, time stamp: 0x52944cf2
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00025f1d
Faulting process id: 0x1854
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf0735f0e5f0c7
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\IEFRAME.dll
Report Id: e3dc1e9a-733f-11e3-b920-00215a2af202
Event id 1000
Faulting application name: msiexec.exe, version: 5.0.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce79d93
Faulting module name: msvcrt.dll, version: 7.0.7601.17744, time stamp: 0x4eeb033f
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000035e1
Faulting process id: 0x1030
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf01b77867a358
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
Report Id: f7253b17-6daa-11e3-b944-00215a2af202
Event id 1002
Computer:      w7mar-64 "I don't know why it has computer as this when it should not be."
Description:
The IP address lease 192.168.200.195 for the Network Card with network address 0x08002742F261 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.200.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).
Event id 1008
The Windows Search Service is starting up and attempting to remove the old search index {Reason: Index Corruption}.
Event id 1008
Computer:      w7mar-64
Description:
An errorUser:          LOCAL SERVICE
occurred in initializing the interface. The error code is: 0x2.
Event id 1014
User:          NETWORK SERVICE
Computer:
Description:
Name resolution for the name wpad.westell.com timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.
Event id 1015
User:          N/A
Computer:      w7mar-64
Description:
Event ID 1013 for the Windows Search Service has been suppressed 7 time(s) since 12:04:10 PM. This event is used to suppress Windows Search Service events that have occurred frequently within a short period of time. See Event ID 1013 for further details
on this event.
Event id 1015
Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x8007043C
Event id 1018
The description for Event ID 1018 from source EvntAgnt cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
Event id 1020
Updates to the IIS metabase were aborted because IIS is either not installed or is disabled on this machine. To configure ASP.NET to run in IIS, please install or enable IIS and re-register ASP.NET using aspnet_regiis.exe /i.
Event id 1028
Windows Installer has determined that its configuration data cache folder was not secured properly. The owner of the key must be either Local System or Builtin\Administrators. The existing folder will be deleted and re-created with the appropriate security
settings.
Event id 1101
.NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Failed to compile: System.Web.Entity.Design, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=msil . Error code = 0x80010108
Event id 1500
The description for Event ID 1500 from source SNMP cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
Event id 1530
Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
Event id 1530
Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards.
DETAIL -
6 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000:
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Process 1020 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1000\Software\Policies
Event id 3028
Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog
Details:
   The content index catalog is corrupt. (HRESULT : 0xc0041801) (0xc0041801)
Event id 3029
Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog
Details:
   The content index catalog is corrupt. (HRESULT : 0xc0041801) (0xc0041801)
Event id 3036
The content source <csc://{S-1-5-21-2959539970-205720217-4182857889-1001}/> cannot be accessed.
Event id 3036
No protocol handler is available. Install a protocol handler that can process this URL type. (HRESULT : 0x80040d37) (0x80040d37)
Event id 4104
Description:
The backup was not successful. The error is: Access is denied. (0x80070005).
Event id 4228
TCP/IP has chosen to restrict the scale factor due to a network condition. This could be related to a problem in a network device and will cause degraded throughput.
Event id 4321
The name "WHITEFOXPC     :0" could not be registered on the interface with IP address 192.168.1.21. The computer with the IP address 192.168.1.19 did not allow the name to be claimed by this computer.
Event id 4373
The description for Event ID 4373 from source NtServicePack cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
Event id 4879
MSDTC encountered an error (HR=0x80000171) while attempting to establish a secure connection with system WHITEFOXPC.
Event id 6000
The winlogon notification subscriber <GPClient> was unavailable to handle a notification event.
Event id 6006
The winlogon notification subscriber <TrustedInstaller> took 186 second(s) to handle the notification event (CreateSession).
Event id 7000
The Windows Audio service failed to start due to the following error:
A privilege that the service requires to function properly does not exist in the service account configuration. You may use the Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in (services.msc) and the Local Security Settings MMC snap-in (secpol.msc) to view
the service configuration and the account configuration.
Event id 7001
The Computer Browser service depends on the Server service which failed to start because of the following error:
The dependency service or group failed to start.
Event id 7010
The index cannot be initialized.
Details:
   The content index catalog is corrupt. (HRESULT : 0xc0041801) (0xc0041801)
Event id 7023
The Block Level Backup Engine Service service terminated with the following error:
%%-2147024713
Event id 7024
The Windows Search service terminated with service-specific error %%-1073473535.
Event id 7026
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
aswKbd
aswRvrt
aswSnx
aswSP
aswTdi
aswVmm
discache
spldr
Wanarpv6
Event id 7030 & 7031
The dldw_device service is marked as an interactive service. However, the system is configured to not allow interactive services. This service may not function properly.
Event id 7032
The Service Control Manager tried to take a corrective action (Restart the service) after the unexpected termination of the Windows Installer service, but this action failed with the following error:
An instance of the service is already running.
Event id 7040
The search service has detected corrupted data files in the index {id=4700}. The service will attempt to automatically correct this problem by rebuilding the index.
Event id 7042
The Windows Search Service is being stopped because there is a problem with the indexer: The catalog is corrupt.
Details:
   The content index catalog is corrupt. (HRESULT : 0xc0041801) (0xc0041801)
Event id 8210
An unspecified error occurred during System Restore: (Installed Java 7 Update 45). Additional information: 0x80070003.
Event id 9000
The Windows Search Service cannot open the Jet property store.
Details:
   0x%08x (0xc0041800 - The content index database is corrupt. (HRESULT : 0xc0041800))
Event id 10005
DCOM got error "1084" attempting to start the service MSIServer with arguments "" in order to run the server:
{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
Event id 10010
15 of these with different server codes which I can't copy unless I copy all the details.
The server {3EEF301F-B596-4C0B-BD92-013BEAFCE793} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.
Event id 12348
Volume Shadow Copy Service warning: VSS was denied access to the root of volume \\?\Volume{8e79517c-6c41-11e3-b621-cb03f0618d54}\. Denying administrators from accessing volume roots can cause many unexpected failures, and will prevent VSS from functioning
properly. Check security on the volume, and try the operation again.
Event id 15006
9 of these.
Description:
Owner of the log file or directory \SystemRoot\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR\httperr1.log is invalid. This could be because another user has already created the log file or the directory.
Event id 31004
33 of tese.
The DNS proxy agent was unable to allocate 0 bytes of memory. This may indicate that the system is low on virtual memory, or that the memory manager has encountered an internal error.
The End.
Kimberly D. White-Fox

Please provide a copy of your System Information file. Type System Information in the Search Box above the start Button and press the ENTER key
(alternative is Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Information). Select File, Export and give the file a name noting where it is located. The system creates a new System Information file each time system information is accessed.
You need to allow a minute or two for the file to be fully populated before exporting a copy. Please upload to your Sky Drive, share with everyone and post a link here. Please say if the report has been obtained in safe mode.
Please upload and share with everyone copies of your System and Application logs from your Event Viewer to your Sky Drive and post a link here.
To access the System log select Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, from the list in the left side of the window select Windows
Logs and System. Place the cursor on System, select Action from the Menu and Save All Events as (the default evtx file type) and give the file a name. Do the same for the Applications log. Do not provide filtered files.
For help with Sky Drive see paragraph 9.3:
http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.uk/MicrosoftCommunity1.htm
Some Event Viewer reports are generated solely because the computer is in safe mode or safe mode with networking. You have at least one example of this in your long list. If you do not see the same report for a time when
the computer was in normal mode then it can be disregarded.
You will find some general advice on interpreting Event Viewer reports here:
http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.uk/syserrors5.htm
Hope this helps, Gerry

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