Moving existing and future catalog files (.psa) to another HD partition? (WIN-XP-Elmnts5.0)

Does anyone know how I can tell Elements 5.0 to move all files it is creating and using, from my C: partition to my D: partition? I don't want Elements using the C: drive partition for anything (especially catalogs, thumbnails, etc...).
I have already (I think?) set the default new-catalog location to the D: drive, but I want to move the existing (and huge!) "My Catalog.psa" and everything related to it, to the D: drive where the new default catalog location is.
Is there a way to do this easily? I just completed a full (initial) backup, and moved 75% of my photos offline, so all I need to do is move the catalog files associated with them. (For reference, the photos themselves are stored on the E: partition, or DVD, not on the C: or D: drives).
THANKS!
Eric

first I would suggest a
File > Catalog > Recover
on that huge My Catalog.psa because it will cleanup and compact that catalog file.
Based on a forum tip from another participant, I used SAVE AS under the File > Catalog dialog to achieve placing a catalog and its associated Catalog Folders folder (which contains thumbnail cache and offline proxies) to a different hard drive.
During this Save AS process, I gave my Catalog a different name because I thought that it was a safer approach. The Title bar of the Organizer workspace shows the Catalog name - so I like definitively knowing what catalog I am referencing based on the catalog name.
I do recommend using a different name for the catalog when using this process.
FYI - I think that you will need to do a new Full PSE Backup after you have this newly named Catalog functioning OK on the new drive - because a PSE Backup is Catalog specific.
FYI- If you ever use the PSE File > Catalog > Open dialog, it will not not initially show this new catalog on the other drive. You must navigate yourself to the drive/folder containing your catalog and then it will work. It appears to initially only list catalogs in the default location: no big deal but disconcerting if you expect it to be present in the list and it is not.
You will still have Preferences under the user's Doc and Settings and of course, the Program Files folder structure.

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Please refer to the following article Windows Image Files and Catalog Files Overview.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825092.aspx
It shows that x64 version of SIM only supports x64-based system.
Please refer to the following thread similar to your problems.
Cannot generate catalog file for windows 7
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/0d76f47c-d8d6-4239-a1b9-9f77d2b46c90/cannot-generate-catalog-file-for-windows-7?forum=itprovistadeployment
Please take the following steps for troubleshooting.
1. Make sure your account are the administrator.
2. Check if you have the full control of .wim file.
3. Check the versions of your SIM and image as mentioned.
If there are any problems, please let me know.
Best regards

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