Question: Can I get collections/tags back? Hard drive crashed - saved

Help!
My computer crashed but before it did I was able to back up all the photos in my Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 to an external hard drive as well as to a disk.
I now have a new computer, running Vista.
I opened Adobe and all of my collections and tags are lost. I have over 1000 photos and had them all tagged and in collections. This is a huge loss. Is there any way to get my tags and collections back?
I'm just sick over this...........They are photos organized by family groups for a family reunion.
The names and captions did show up.
I'd appreciate any help I can get!
Shari

It is the users responsibility to maintain a backup of their files.
If you have failed to keep a backup, that is not good.
If the content is on your iDevice and it was purchased via iTunes, connect the device (DO NOT SYNC) then select File > Transfer Purchases.
If the content is on the device but was not purchased via iTunes, you're out of luck mostly. Do a google search, you can find utilities that will allow you to extract the content.
If you are in the US and running iTunes 10.3 or later, there is an option to redownload previously purchased iTunes content. To do this, in iTunes select Purchased, then at the bottom select Download Previously Purchased. There are options for Music, Apps, and iBooks. Select the "Not in My Library" option and download what you want.

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