Retrieving photos from my hard drive to my computer desktop after crash

My computer crashed and I've been able to put back most of my programs because of having an external hard drive. How do I get my Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 program with photos back?
Help!
Thanks.
Edna

Thanks for your reply. I already had an external hard drive when my computer crashed so everything was backed up. How do I get my photos off of there and back onto my computer? Also, how do I re-install my Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 program back onto my computer.
How did you make the backups? DId you use the PSE Organizer command File->Backup Catalog? Or did you make the backups outside of PSE?
To reinstall PSE, you would insert the PSE6 CD; or if you downloaded PSE and registered with Adobe, you can go to their site and download PSE6 again and run it from that file.

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