Lightroom :: Restoring Catalog And Images From Backup

Jan 15, 2012

I recently managed to crash my PC by upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7.  I continually get a BSOD with exceptionally vague insight into what is causing the problem.  Anyhow, I've decided that the best thing to do at this point is to simply wipe my hard drive and do a clean install of Windows 7 (which has a much higher probability of working).
 
I have my entire Lightroom Catalog and all of my photography backed up to an external drive, so my data is safe.  My plan is basically to wipe my PC's main hard disk, do a fresh install of Windows 7, install Lightroom 3.6, then copy all of my Lightroom files (catalog and RAW files) from my external backup drive to my PC's main hard disk.
 
My question is: Should my Lightroom catalog open without a problem after restoring it in this manner?  Should expect any major problems during this process?.

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