Photoshop Elements 11 restore has duplicated all my pictures

I recently upgraded my computer from Windows XP to Windows 7 installing a new hard disk in the process.
Before starting I used PSE 6 to backup the catalogue.
I installed Windows 7 on the new disk and copied all my data files (including pictures) from the old HDD. 
I then restored the catalog on the new drive after installing PSE 11.
All seemed fine, so I carried on working on my pictures.
Now some weeks later I notices that the restore created duplicates of ALL my pictures, so for example, as well as _MG_0876.CR2, there is also a copy of it called _MG_0876-1.CR2 which is the one that is actually in the catalogue.
This seems really silly at best.  If I restore the catalog, the restore should ASK what to do about duplicates, not just create thousands of duplicate files willy-nilly.
The ONLY easy solution to this mess I could find was to delete the entire fiolder structure and restore the backup again, which has resulted in my loosing at least two weeks worth of work in the form of image editing.  Going through and manually deleting files in Windows Explorer just wasn't an option.
I am REALLY, REALLY annoyed.  The manual doesn't mention that this will happen at all.
1. What is the recommended procedure?
2. Why isn't this described in the manual?
3. Why doesn't the restore ASK what to do with duplicates?
Dave P.

The point of the backup feature in PSE is to back up both your catalog and your photos, so that you can restore them all at once without having to manually reconnect all your files. The best way would have been to not restore your photos before restoring PSE. PSE never asks about duplicates.
Alternatively if the entire contents of your hard drive were already copied, you could just use organizer>file>manage catalogs to find your copied catalog and then reconnect all the photos, if necessary.
But restore was just doing exactly what it is supposed to do.

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