Another backup question!

[sandybuchan]

First post and I'm an Elements and IT novice - so please fogive any niave/daft questions! Have already searched through some of the threads which have helped me understand more but Im still not absolutely sure what I need to do. I use Elements 3 and have about 4000 photos many of which have been edited ie loads of time spent! Am planning to install Windows Vista operating system [my friend is doing this for me] which apparently means clearing the hard drive and then re installing all the programs and transferring back stored data [like my photos]. I have backed up all of the elements photos to an external drive which seems fine. I have 2 extra files at the end of the photos - 'My Catalog. buc' and 'Backup TLY'.

Do I simply re install Elements 3 onto the cleared hard drive, connect the external hard drive then use the Elements file>reconnect option to get all my photos back - edited, tagged and collections as I had prior to all this? Also can somebody please tell me what the Backup TLY file is and what it does?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Sandy

[GaryK]

Hi Sandy

Welcome to the forums.:)

I can't comment on the reinstatement of your catalogue.

But be warned Vista is not a supported OS for PE3. I have not heard of anybody running the 2 together.

[Juergen D]

Sandy,
Apart from the question if PSE3 will run under Vista, you should be able to upgrade without having to clear the HD...

Juergen

[jojo99]

Hi Sandy,
It would not be file>reconnect, it would be file>restore.
This would bring up a popup window where you would choose to browse your EHD for the backup file.
Jo-Jo

[Barb O]

.tly is a control file for the backup