New computer-install Elements or copy photos first?

I will soon be getting a new computer using Windows 7 (I am currently using XP). I have all my photos and a backup of the Elements 8 catalog backed up onto an external hard drive. Should I copy all my photos from the external hard drive to the new computer first, and then install Elements 8 and restore my catalog; or should I install Elements 8 first and then copy my photos to the new computer and then restore the catalog? Or does it make no difference in which order I do this?

OK, I want to be sure I understand this. I should do the following steps in the order listed, right?:
1. Backup the Catalog on an external hard drive.
2. Install Elements 8 on the new computer
3. Restore the Catalog on the new computer using the Catalog backup on the external hard drive.
4. THEN copy all the photos (media files) to the hard drive on the new computer?
And when doing the Catalog restore, do I select New Location, Preserve existing folder structure?

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