Restoring catalog?

before laptop crashed, having been attacked malware, had made copy of elemnts 13 catalog on external hard drive.  have had wipe c drive on laptop , have re-installed software, including elements 13.

 

would please advise correct procedures restoring catalog program thinks new pc getting option restore original location or new location.

 

i of course wish retain albums , tags had before

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happy hoppy wrote:

 

before laptop crashed, having been attacked malware, had made copy of elemnts 13 catalog on external hard drive. have had wipe c drive on laptop , have re-installed software, including elements 13.

 

would please advise correct procedures restoring catalog program thinks new pc getting option restore original location or new location.

 

i of course wish retain albums , tags had before

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create new master folder restore, 'mynewpictures'.

choose restore new location , new master folder, choose keep folders structure.

your pictures folder tree restored totally under master folder; catalog folder restored under same master folder. catalog seen in 'custom location' instead of default one. if prefer default one, you'll able move catalog manager.

the restore keep organization, keywords, captions, albums etc.

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