Recover a Catalog after Reinstalling PE11

I just added a SSD drive to my computer and reloaded all software including Windows 7 and Photoshop Elements 11 onto this new system drive. I did not make a separate backup of the Organizer Catalog beforehand, however the catalog is stil on the hard drive, now to be used as a data drive. How can I recover this catalog?

See if the following help document helps...
Photoshop Elements Help / Use Backup, Restore to move catalog | Organizer | Elements 6 or later -
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html

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