How do I Consolidate my photos scattered on my c drive and my H drive?

All of my photos have been imported already but some are on my C drive and others are on my H drive. All of those on my H drive are all under a single folder My Lightroom photographs. Those on my C drive are under a whole set of about 50 folders. I have been advised I can consolidate all my folders on my H drive within lightroom library module by dragging and dropping on the left hand side. I have experimented and I can certainly drag from the C drive to the H drive. However I need to create a visible top folder destination file on the H drive. Ideally I would like to go to my existing Lightroom photographs but if I can't I'm happy to create an aditional umbrella folder.
I have not been able to do it.How do I do this please?
Thanks in advance for your help

However I need to create a visible top folder destination file on the H drive.
In Lightroom, right-click on any of the existing folders on your H drive, and then select "Show Parent Folder". You might have to do this a few time to truly get to the top level folder.

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