.Ircat file missing

[Logan Raper]

Hey guys! I work off of an external SSD which is where I had my project file saved. I had Lightroom launched and was working on particular project when the SSD randomly ejected therefore Lightroom was forced to quit. I unplugged and replugged the SSD and once I opened back up my SSD, the Lightroom project file was gone. It still has the other files that Lightroom creates when a project is created, but not the .Ircat

Any suggestions or help? I sadly did not back up this project file yet.

Here is a picture of what it looks like now. You can see the files that remain and how they show that I was working in lightroom this morning on the now missing file. 

[dj_paige]

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[AxelMatt]

Have you checked if Lightroom has saved the catalog on an internal drive?