Transfer pse4 (Windows XP) to pse10 (Windows 7)?

Can I transfer specific Collection Groups (or anything at all) in Photoshop Elements 4 on a computer running on Windows XP to Photoshop Elements 10 on a new computer running on Windows 7?

Very helpful,photodrawken!
I have an extensive photo collection cataloged in PSE4 on my wife's Win XP Pro SP3 laptop.  I just bought her a new Win7 64 bit ultrabook machine, and I want to transer all her photo files, and her existing PSE catalog information, intact, to the new machine.  I plan to install a new, licensed PSE9 on the new machine.
I understand that I can use PSE's backup (on the old machine) and restore (to the PSE9 installation) on the new machine.  Here's the question.  Will the backup and restore function take the actual photo files with it and create an identical directory structure on the new machine?  If I have to transfer the actual files sepately, that's no problem, but will PSE 9 then catalog them the same?  I have an external hard drive for storage and transfer of the files from one machine to the other.
I'd really prefer to completely re-do and update my folders and filing system for the photo files themselves, but I need for PSE9 to retain the existing dates, timeline, tags, keywords, and captions associated with the photos so that its "album" (we started this back with Photoshop Album 1.0), especially the associated dates of the photos, remains the same as it is now in PSE4.  My wife gets very frustrated when I change things or blow up her work, so I want all her work of changing/assigning dates to photos, building captions, etc., to be retained as seamlessly as possible.  But again, I'd really like to rebuild the underlying file structure for the locations of the files, because right now they're scattered all over the old machine in weird, inconsistent locations.
Hope this makes sense.  Any guidance is greatly appreciated.  Svenfran

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