Recover from hard drive failure

MA: c drive (which contained the two photoshop cc and cc light room and all my pictures) recently failed. I decided to reconfigure my setup and installed an ssd for OS and programs and a hdd for photos and documents. So now my pictures are on a separate drive, and I'm not sure how I should proceed. I guess I have to re import my photos in lightroom, but how can I use my backup catalog? Install it on the same drive that the photos and then open lightroom in the catalog? Here, any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

I guess I have to re import my photos in lightroom, but how can I use my backup catalog?

N °

Do not re - import! It will not work.

You must open your catalog backup by double-clicking it, and then re - connect (not re-import) images using these instructions: Adobe Lightroom - find folders and files moved or missing

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