Accidentally deleted photos

I accidentally deleted the folder that contained all my .dng files.  The Lightroom catalog files still exist.  How re - import photos from my RAW backups and keep all my changes?

Thanks for your suggestions, I was really at a loss for how best to address the issue.

And believe me, it is a hard lesson to learn, but a better backup system is in place now.

So here's what I came up with a better solution for me, in this particular situation;

First, I created a new catalog LR called Recovery, and then I imported my backup RAW files photos, using the same location, conversion and naming of the files that I used for my original catalogue (this part was very hard and inconvenient to recreate with the external DNG Converter).

Secondly, I opened my original catalog, and we found most of my photos has been restored, but with all of them showing metadata conflicts.

Thirdly, in the "Metadata" menu, I ran ' Update DNG Preview and metadata "on all files, and everything seems to go well, now including all my changes to LR.

Obviously, the only files that I was not able to recover were created .tiff when I exported photos in Photoshop for editing.  I have the final .jpg finally exported from the LR, but not going back and make minor changes to the original workflow.

Once again, if it can help someone, I hope that is the importance of a full backup system.  Don't take it for granted that your files will always be there.  I did and it bit me in the *, it is high time!

Thanks again,

Scott

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