How can I restore lost tags after optimizing Elements 10?

Today, after moving some folders that were incorrectly located (based on year/month/date) back to their proper location, I optimized the catelog. I then discovered that all my keyword tags were missing, but the image caption and description ("Notes") were not lost. This amounts to approximately 10 years worth of images.
Why did did I lose all the keyword tags? How can I recover them? I have not closed or restarted the Elements Organizer, nor have I tried to Repair the catalogs for fear of overwriting something that cannot be corrected. When should the repair catelog be used?
I am using a Dell desktop computer with Windows XP. We have an external HD for backup that is supposed to be constantly syncing for backup.
Where do we go from here.

When I last posted questions and answers about this problem with the computer at work, I as at home, but had left the computer on and did not close the program. Today, when I returned to address the problem as suggested above, I discovered the program had closed. Since my staff knew not to close it, I suspect that an automatic update from Microsoft for Windows or some other automatic caused a restart of the system.
When I re-opened the PE 10 Organizer all the keyword tags were present. This was in spite of have not had the opportunity to try any of the much appreciated suggestions. I do not know how the proble become solved but am glad it did.
While the problem has been resolved, it would be helpful to understand about writing information to a file so that the keywords are saved to the image file, which would be a way to save that information in addition to have the information saved in the catalog itself.
By the way, exactly where is the catalog file saved? Does it save with multiple versions in case a newer one gets corrupted or lost?
Thank those of you who stepped in to help me with this problem.
John

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