How do I restore folders into the folders panel

I am new to LR and I am using LR3. I appear to be digging a massive hole for myself trying to sort out the catalog.
When I first got LR, I had initially added just a small number of files just to see how LR worked. At this time I was still completing sorting out my full photo collection in 'my pictures' which were also copied to two external hard drives. Once that work was completed, I imported a complete folder (some 4000 images) into LR. The folder/subfolders appeared in the folders panel but the sub folders I had initially imported were displayed with a ? and a message 'file is missing or offline' Going down the road of 'find missing folder' eventually led to my problems.
About 6 sub folders are involved so I eventually took the decision that it could be easier just to remove them so I could then re-import them from 'my pictures'. That hasn't worked out as planned.  
When I go into 'file' to import photos from 'my pictures' the missing sub folders are there but the images are 'greyed' as well as the import button. When I put the cursor onto one of the greyed-out images the message 'appears to be a duplicate of another photo already in catalog' appears.
Can anyone advise me how I can restore the 'missing' sub folders into the folders panel.
Thanks
Howard

If you've really removed them, then they shouldn't be showing up as duplicates.
If you have a mess and haven't done any real work inside Lightroom, I'd suggest starting a new catalog and importing fresh.

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