PSE 7 reconnect file bug?

Question

I have copied the following from a 2008 message which appears to address my problem, but I cannot figure out how to get to the advised thread. I tried searching on the apparent title words, but the result was always this same message.
COPIED FROM 19 OCT 2008 MESSAGE FROM JOHN ELLIS:
"If you reconnect a file and get the message <old file> was not connected to <new file> or The file already exists in the catalog, then youve stumbled over a PSE bug for which there are workarounds.   See this thread:<br /><br /><a href="/webx?14@@.59b66777/5">John Rolfe Ellis, "Cannot Reconnect; File already exists" #6, 17 Sep 2008 2:49 pm</a><br /><br"
My husband put a new, larger hard drive into my computer and transferred all my files to the new one which is now the master C: drive. I have tried and tried to reconnect my files, individually and as a group, but I always receive the error message listed below in John Ellis's message. Has anything been done to correct this bug, if that's what it is? I cannot simply move everything back to the old F: drive, because now there are new photos mixed in and I've reorganized the folders. I can find the pictures manually, but can't get the program to accept my choices. I'm really beginning to regret spending the money to upgrade to PSE 7, especially as the program crashes or freezes up, too, but I'll deal with one problem at a time! BTW, I'm usiing Windows XP, service pack 3.
Thanks for any help possible.

Answer 1

Kathy,
Hmm, the output is still truncated.  I've attached an example of what it should look like below -- after "PSE Volume Table" should be many lines.
1. Did you reply via email, or did you reply by coming back to the forum in your Web browser?  (You need to do the latter -- email replies don't always work.)
2. In the Notepad that "psedbtool" popped up with the contents of "output.log", is it possible that some of the output wasn't showing (scrolled out of view)?  Do Edit > Select All, Edit > Copy, and then paste.
Here's what it should look like:
psedbtool version 1.07
Opening catalog C:\Users\Ellis\Catalogs\PSE 7\Test\catalog.pse7db
Photoshop Elements version:      7
Total files               :      1
Total files missing       :      0
Total files offline       :      0
Total files wrong volume  :      0
PSE Volume Table
Path used by PSE        : \\elliskids2\john
Type                    : network_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 1
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : //elliskids2/john
Serial                  : //elliskids2/john
Drive_path_if_builtin   :
Id                      : 230
Path used by PSE        : C:
Type                    : builtin_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 0
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : SW_Preload
Serial                  : 66DE-00DA
Drive_path_if_builtin   : C:
Id                      : 108
Path used by PSE        : C:\Users\Ellis\Catalogs\PSE 7\Test
Type                    : database_relative_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 0
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : database relative
Serial                  : amoc:database_relative_volume
Drive_path_if_builtin   :
Id                      : 2
Windows Drives
Drive  Type             Serial     Path
C:     builtin_drive    66DE-00DA 
D:     removable_drive  0000-0000 
E:     readonly_drive   0000-0000 
G:     builtin_drive    5A63-D657 
Z:     network_drive    F2E8-85B8  \\elliskids2\john\