Moving catalog/images to a different internal drive in PSE 5?

How do I move photos from the primary drive (and have new photos loaded into the computer to go to this new catalog) to an ATA drive in the same computer. I know how to back up the catalog, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to effectively change the destination so it knows to "look" on the ATA drive from this point forward for the catalog and automatically route any new photos there. Hopefully, somebody can guide me through this or direct me to a resource so I can get the PC back up to speed?
THANKS!

Jeff Radke wrote:
How do I move photos from the primary drive (and have new photos loaded into the computer to go to this new catalog) to an ATA drive in the same computer. I know how to back up the catalog, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to effectively change the destination so it knows to "look" on the ATA drive from this point forward for the catalog and automatically route any new photos there. Hopefully, somebody can guide me through this or direct me to a resource so I can get the PC back up to speed?
You move the photos with PSE commands. Use Folder Location View (Ctrl-Alt-3) and drag folders to the new drive.
Do not move the photos in Windows.
If you are asking about future photos, it depends on how you get them into the Organizer in the first place. If you use the Adobe Photo Downloader, there is an option in there that you can change that will point to your new drive. If you are importing from the File->Get Photos... command, then all you have to do is put your photos on the new drive, and import from there.

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