Photoshop Elements :: Transfer Catalog WITHOUT Moving Files

I am using Google Drive to store my photos so they are automatically backed up and sync'd across multiple computers, as well as my phone.
 
I am buying a new primary computer and will need to transfer the catalog to the new computer.  However, as I will be installing Google Drive on that computer as well, the photos will all sync down automatically.  There is no need to have PE10 copy my flies from the old computer as part of the transfer process, as described here: [URL] ....
 
The way I see it, there are two scenarios:
 
I HAVE to use PE10 to make a back up of all the files in the catalog onto an external drive.  I import the library on the new computer and either A) Google Drive recognizes that the files are all the same and doesn't waste time syncing the files or B) Google Drive replaces the 110 GB of files currently on the servers with the same files, then pushes those files down to all the devices that are synced.
 
or...
 
I can use Google Drive to push the photos onto my new computer, then the paths, tags, albums and other catalog information can be imported without PE10 worrying about the photo files themselves.