Lost keyword tags in PSE 6.0

I have two catalogs in PSE 6.0, one called 2007 and the other called 2008. The files are kept in folders of the same names on my computer. In the 2007 folder, as well as the picture files, there are files called Keyword Tags 2007.mxc2 and mxfilerelatedcache.mxc2 and the keyword tags show in the catalog. The 2008 folder has the corresponding files but no keyword tag information at all appears in the catalog. I have looked at the two .mxc2 files and they appear to be of similar layout. I would appreciate help on how the Keyword Tags 2008 can be reconnected.

Di, if you look at a keyword tags file with the .xml extension it looks like a lot of code (which, of course, it is) but within that code you can see reference to the individual tags. That is how I know that the tag information is still on my machine. Both files look about the same but only the first catalog shows the tags when opened.
The tags appeared against the idividual pictures when I entered them in. It was several weeks later that I discovered that they were missing. Perhaps this is something to do with the 'save' part of the operation.
I really don't want to enter the tags again - there are hundreds of pictures. It would appear that I will have to do this if I can't find the solution to this problem in the near future.

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I would have gone with #1 if it weren't for the permanence of the keywords. I guess I have a commitment problem (or I just haven't got my tag hierarchy figured out yet). Instead, I am going with #2 which should give me most of what I need for now. I will still hold out some small glimmer of hope that Adobe manages a fix for this issue down the road.

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