Restore collections and captions after disk format

Hi,
What can I do to preserve my captions and collections after formatting the disk?
Also, I would like to back-up all my pictures and related information linked to collections and captions to a CD / DVD. Is this possible with PSASE 3.0?
Are there some files which I can save manually and restore them after formatting?
Thank you!

Lee
The "SE" versions of PSA keep their catalog in a fixed place. I don't know exactly where that is for SE 2.
BTW, you do understand that your images are not in the catalog? It just holds references to the image files.

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