Destroyed catalogue - XMP files?

I have really messed up - long story but just bought a new Windows PC and have destroyed all of my Catalogue data. I have copies on a PC elsewhere but will not be there for a few months. If I create a new Catalogue in LR Classic and import my photo will the XMP data and things like name tags and geo tags be imported with the photos? I do have some backups but I'm thinking of starting from scratch now I know how LR works.

Thanks in advance

Tony

Wondows 11 PC running the latest version of Lightroom Classic - downloaded yesterday