Reconnect in elements 9 before registering elments 11?

Question

I tried to 'reconnect all files',  but it appears that most of my library is now disconnected.  Is this because these photos are now moved to Revel?  If I register elements 11 without reconnecting them will the unconnected ones be displayed in elements 11? Will it be any advantage to reconnect all that I can? I'm holding off on registering until I have an answer.
When I open elements 9 I am told that Revel is now the home for my photos but there are only about 40 or so there out of my 30,000 plus or minus. Since there are limits on how many can be moved in a month (is that the same as 'uploading', or is moving a different process?) I'll be waiting a long time for everything to show up.
I marked my last reply from Scott as 'not helpful' because I asked for options and none were  offered.  It seems to be Revel or nothing.  Is that true?  I should have started making plans for this move long ago, but in my naiveté, I thought Revel was a new name for the same operation I was accostomed to, and that the same screens I had been working with would appear, and it would be seamless. Now it appears to be too late to consider anything other than Revel with all its shortcomings.

Answer 1

What exactly do you mean by “if you do not currently have these files in your computer”?  Are you speaking of the Photoshop filing system?  Or of some other place where that might reside?  I’ve no idea where that might be. Tell me where to look.
Some people put their files in Photoshop.com and deleted them from their computer We recommend that hose people use our media downloader to copy the files back to their own computer to have a copy if they do not want to lose their non-jpg files or if they do not want the onlly copy to be on Revel. If you have the files saved on your computer and you were using Elements sync to keep a copy on Photoshop.com, then this may not be necessary for you.
When photos are downloaded to my computer they go into My Pictures sorted into folders by download date.  So there is no way to label each folder with the contents, which might be a combination of ancestry photo scans and current events.  Photoshop is able to pick out the ones I’ve identified should be in differently sorted categories and keywords. This feature will be missing in Revel, as I understand it.
The tags you entered in Elements do not currently show up in Revel.
The media downloader window that appears tells me that I don’t need to download.  You say I do.  Explain the ins and outs of this.
see explanatoin above.
Yes, the massage said my files were successfully migrated except for certain file types, and to save those I should archive.  In my earlier response I asked about archiving, but the issue here is that only about 40 photos were showing when that message came and I opened Revel to see. My collection is 99% .jpg.  I am not a collector of videos, etc.
You had 296 files stored in Photoshop.com. 293 of them migrated to Revel. I assume the other 3 were of another file type. If you are expecting more files, it may be that you have a bunch of files in Elements that were not synced with Photoshop.com. Since we only migrated files from Photoshop.com, those files would still be on your computer, but not in Revel.
You mentioned moving the files manually.  How is this done, and what are the advantages?  The downsides?
If you have Elements 11, you can upload to Revel from there. If not, then you would need to know where the photos are stored on you hard drive and you could upload to Revel from there.  This link shows how to upload:
UPLOAD
FAQ: How do I add (upload) files to Revel?
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1162795?tstart=0
I so much appreciate having a real person with whom to talk about my issues.  I’ve mentioned this change to a  couple of friends, and have found that very few of them collect photos in any organized fashion.  This came as a shock to me.  It’s like my mother’s system was – print them and toss them into a box with no sorting, no dating, no identification of the subjects.  I resolved to do better, and this system is (was) perfect.
Many people do print and put photos in a box, and in the digital world today, many just store them on their hard drive with no organization. Having a backup copy of the photos on the cloud like Revel or on an external hard disk is a good way to ensure your memories are never lost.
I hope these answers help. Let me know.
Best Regards,
Pattie