Yikes. I don't know why that would happen, but I know people who will know. Post at the forums in Elements Village, those people know all this stuff.
I don't tag photos in my Organizer, so I can't comment on that. But, I do use my Organizer strictly for digital supplies, and I had a very successful catalog restore from an EHD in PSE5. It took a couple of hours, but all my tags were right where they were supposed to be, so I know that it is possible to run the restore successfully from an EHD. I am running XP though, and I recall seeing some posts on the above site about Vista problems. Maybe try posting your concerns there first and see if one of those PSE gurus can give you some ideas about restoring with Vista. HTH
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