Photo files moved to new hard drive, need to re-connect photo tagging

Moved back catalog of photos from an almost full internal hard drive to a new larger external hard drive.
Elements Organizer is now unable to locate tagged photos on the new hard drive
Is it possible to re-connect the photo tagging ?

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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
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