My question derives from my wish to use the ehd as both a backup location for my main XP based pc, where I do the majority of my Photoshop processing, and hold my master photo files, but also as the location of working catalogues for access by Photoshop on my Vista based laptop (with limited hard disk space) for occasional viewing and slide show preparation when travelling. I therefore need to be clear that should I restore the backup catalogue and file for use on my laptop, but locate these files on the ehd rather than my laptop's hard drive, with the original file structure from the pc,, will the backup files originally created on the ehd remain unaffected, and sit alongside the restored catalogue picture file structure or will they in any way be deleted or overwritten in the restore process.
Hope this is clearer.
Any thoughts on my questions 1) and 2) re the original restore process?
Re your answers above I'm clear on how to get rid of the unwanted sections of the file structure having restored but will this then require me to relink the Photoshop thumbnails with the new file refs.
Regards and thanks