PSE 4.0 with photos on EHD; getting new computer

Hi-
I'm using PSE 4.0 on a PC running XP. I have all of my photos on an external hard drive, but the software and catalog info is on the internal hard drive. I want to order a new PC that will run Vista, and I'd like to keep my photos on the external hard drive that they are now on. How can I get the catalog info moved over to the new PC, and do this smoothly without losing all of my tags, labels, etc.? Do I have to make sure that the hard drive keeps the same letter name when I move it to the new PC? If so, how do I do that? How do I find the catalog file on my pc's hard drive so that I can move it to the new one?
Thanks for any advice you can provide.

The catalog file is saved with .psa extension. You can search for this file and copy it to the new PC. The ideal way to move the catalog to new PC is to backup the catalog and then restore it to the new PC. This can be done by selecting File->BackUp Catalog and then selecting File->Restore Catalog on the new machine. Hope this helps. If you need more detailed steps, I can send them too.
-Smriti

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