Moving Elements Catalogue

Can anybody advise how I can move
my entire Elements 6.0 catalogue to a different HDD on my PC? I've tried backing up and then restoring
to the new location. everything appears on the new drive but none of it seems to
be linked into the software. I've tried searching the forums but haven't found anything helpful
so far.

See if items 2 and 3 here help
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Quickly_reconnecting_large

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