A Problem Re-installing Lightroom 3.6

First, excuse my clumsy attempts at describing the problem as I am anything but tech savvy.  Recently, my hard drive had to be replaced so I had all of my files/information transferred to a new hard drive,  I then re-installed Lightroom 3.6.  The last time I did this, when I had to replace my previous computer with the present PC, all of the folders I had imported into my Lightroom catalog "magically" were there to be accessed--each listed in the "index" of folders that one finds to the left under "Folders" once in Lightroom. This time, only a few of the folders appeared there--16 out of about 200.  Neither I, nor the "computer guy" who transferred my files (who has no experience with LR) can figure out where these missing LR folders are and how to retrieve them.  I have all the original photos stored in several locations, of course, but probably have 200 photos in various stages of being edited in my LR catalog and would hate to  lose that.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, first step: Find your folders. You cannot use Lr to do this. Lr is not a browser-based program; it does not automatically "see" what is on a hard drive.
Search for your folders in Windows Explorer. If you cannot find the folders in Win Explorer then they are not on the hard drive. But please include all of your hard drives in the search - not only the location where you think they should be.
Once you have found them, comes the second step: Re-linking Lr with the folders.
For more on this see here:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-photographers/lightroom-dude-where-are-my -photos/

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