How To Recover Lost Develop History Settings?

can anyone tell me how I can recover lost develop history?
I edited some files quite a few days ago. Today I launched LR and it did a backup, then when it opened the images were visible but with the ? and missing file message, because i had moved the files from the main folder into sub folders using Bridge. So I did a Sync on the main folder to bring back all the files....it relocated the files as per the new structure, when I realised all the develop history had gone. I think thats because it removed the missing files and imported the files again as new.
So I shut down, moved all the files back, and opened the backup file. The backup was created AFTER I made the develop edits. The images were back in orioginal location, but again no develop history, all files back to their original import. There are no issues with other files, some I worked on that day but did not move are fine.
I have LR backup to a external HD drive. The previews were in the default Username/Pictures folder, but now its rebuilding previews in the same folder as the backup on the external drive, and its taking ages!
Im puzzled why its doing this and why the dev settings have gone, I would have thought they would be in the backup catalog? As I moved the files back and opened the backup should they not be there? I dont have the save xmp sidecar enabled either.
Could it be that the previuos previews are on my hard drive, and now LR is rebuilding previews in the same folder as the backup on my external HD?
Phil

I don't have all the answers, but by now you've learned the hard way to make changes in LR if you're moving files about. As to Previews: they'll get rebuilt in the same folder as the .lrcat if none is there. If you have a catalog on the external, and launched from it, it's very likely it is building a Previews folder. I set mine to rebuild at a very small size in such a case. Or just have it build for those folders you need to check.
Now, if the external has the edits/history you want, run Export as Catalog on those photos you need to replace, then delete them from the internal, and run Import from Catalog.
Good luck!

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