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The edits and adjustment are recorded in the lightroom catalog.
Put your files in the correct location on your hard drive then from within Lightroom click the "!" mark on one of the files and select Locate.
Find the file in question and link it. You'll get a dialog:
The file will be reconnected, the Lightroom catalog will reflect the original name. As @dj_paige notes you willl have to do this for each file.
OR.
Rename the original files in the Finder / Windows Explorer after copying from the backup drive. Then Lightroom will be happy. And the whole process will take much less time assuming your naming convention is logical.
For now, don't do anything else with these files. Do not use Folder > Synchronise.
Select one of these greyed-out photos. Switch the Metadata panel's view to EXIF + IPTC. Is the original filename field visible?
If this isn't clear, please ask me to explain again until I have explained it properly 
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So, use Notepad or TextEdit and copy everything below my signature into a text file - notice how the first lines contain setup instructions - generic ones for scripts like this.
1. Once you have followed those setup instruction, the script should be in the Scripts folder, so reopen LR and check that there is a Scripts menu to the right of Help (it's a funny S on Mac). Don't run it yet!
2. Then backup your catalogue
3. You will need to put a jpeg called dummy.jpg on your desktop. The script copies this multiple times, fooling LR into thinking the copies are the missing files. This will allow LR to rename them to the original filename.
4. Now reopen LR and select the files (just try a few at first to test)
5. Run the menu Script > YOURFILENAME - the files should no longer be missing but will all look like the dummy file
6. Rename the files using the Original Filename
7. In Explorer, delete the renamed dummy files and put the backup files in their place.
John
--[[
Fixes where user has deleted files renamed in catalogue but has copies with original filenames
Copies dummy file into missing file locations
You then rename the dummy files in LR using the original filename
Finally, in Explorer/Finder, delete the dummy files and put the unrenamed files in their place
SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
Temporarily save this file onto your desktop and call it "YOURFILENAME.lua".
Now you need to create a scripts folder:
In Lightroom, choose Lightroom > Preferences (Mac OS) or Edit > Preferences (Windows).
Choose the Preset tab and select Show Lightroom Presets folder.
Create a folder in the Lightroom folder called Scripts.
Copy the "YOURFILENAME.lua" script into the Scripts folder.
Quit and reopen Lightroom.
You should now see a little scripts menu to the right of the Help menu. It has a single item Title case keywords.
--]]
------------------------------DON'T CHANGE BELOW
local LrPathUtils = import 'LrPathUtils'
local LrFileUtils = import 'LrFileUtils'
local LrTasks = import 'LrTasks'
local LrDialogs = import 'LrDialogs'
local SEP
if MAC_ENV then SEP = '/' else SEP = '\\' end
LrTasks.startAsyncTask( function()
srcPath = LrPathUtils.getStandardFilePath( 'desktop' ) .. SEP .. "dummy.jpg"
if LrFileUtils.exists( srcPath ) ~= "file" then
LrDialogs.message("Create a dng called dummy.dng and put it on your desktop", srcPath)
return false
end
local catalog = import "LrApplication".activeCatalog()
photos = catalog:getTargetPhotos()
filePaths = {}
for i, photo in ipairs(photos ) do
if photo:checkPhotoAvailability() == false then
destPath = photo:getRawMetadata('path')
LrFileUtils.copy( srcPath, destPath )
end
end
LrDialogs.showBezel("Finished", 5)
end)
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