Imported SSD Folder Dissapeared

[Adam22075665ytxf]

Hoping some of you have insights into what happened here. I opened an old catalog this morning to do some maintence and clean up. When I finished and reopended my most recent catalog, my SSD no longer appears as a Folder, furthermore, none of the files are appearing in Lightroom. Files I have culled/processed/exported, none of them are there. I've re-imported the SSD, and now the files are there, yet with none of the adjustments/culling I've made. What happened? What have I done? Is it fixable? There are some pretty large jobs in this folder and I'd love to start from scratch.

[F. McLion]

Could it be that you opened the wrong catalog?

Did the drive's name change?

Re-importing always is a bad idea and really the absolute last resort. The history on the re-imported files is lost. 

I suggest opening the last backup of the catalog that is ok and work on fixing the issue from there.

[dj_paige]

Yes, as @F. McLion says, perhaps you imported these photos into a different catalog. A good reason to use one catalog.

Other possibility: You imported using COPY instead of ADD so the photos are now in a different folder that you think they are in. Please search for these photos in Lightroom Classic. Follow ALL four of these steps in order:

1. In the Lightroom Classic Library Module, on the left, under Catalog, click on All Photographs
2. Turn off all filters (Ctrl-L once or twice)
3. Turn off all stacking (Photo->Stacking->Expand All Stacks)
4. Search for at least one of these photos by file name using the Lightroom Classic Filter Bar