Import Problems and Missing Images

Hi
Firstly apologies for this being so long and so detailed, but I wanted to include as much as possible to narrow down options.
I'd like to say before describing the problem(s) that I use lightroom 2 and have not knowingly changed any settings since I started using it last year.
It seems I've been having a problem with Importing and haven't been aware of it. I wondered if anyone can throw any light on the situation, or help pinpoint the problem(s) and provide any solutions. All images I've imported since starting with Lightroom have been stored in folders according to date taken.
Today I tried importing photos all taken on the same day, on the same memory card. The images had never been imported, or on the computer before. I used import from device and left it to get on with it. When I checked back, only five images seemed to have been imported and three other image file names were shown with grey boxes.most of the images had not been imported, so I started import again.
This time all the remaining images were imported. However, when I looked across at the 'Folders' list there were now two. Previously I had only ever noticed/used one. The names of the two are "Local Disk (C:)" and "Backup (D)". The first only has three folders in it from July and September 2009. One of these contains the images from the restarted import. They all seem fine. The second [Backup (D:)] contains all othet folders since 2002 and a folder with the first five of today's images.
The five images from today in "Backup (D:)" are all blurry. Also, when I try to open them I get the following messages. Either "The fie appears to be unsupported or damged" or "The file named IMG... is offline or missing". Although I was concerned, I decided to leave it and look into it later. I then started to work on some photos I'd taken in July, in the folder shown in list "Backup (D:)". All these photos came from a different camera and different type of memory card.
Halfway through reviewing these images I came across lots of greyed out boxes each with a file name corresponding to photos I had taken. When I click on any of the greyed out boxes, or one of the perfectly clear images I get the same message as above for the five images from today. If I open one of the images from July in Develop and click on 'File' there is no 'export' option. I haven't had time to check yet, but suspect there may be more folders like this one. (Big sinking feeling!)
Again, apologies for the long description of the problem, but if anyone can help with any of the following questions I'll be very grateful.
Why has this problem started to occur with 'import' and any suggestions for rectifying it, apart from checking all images straight after importing?
Even though I have very sharp images in 'Library' and 'Develop' for the July images, have I lost them? If not, where can I find them, or how can I export them? It may be worth mentioning that the memory card the images were originally on has been formatted and I think used since.
Finally, how can I get back to one safe working list of folders. This includes how do I get the working ones in both lists into one?
Thanks for reading this and I look forward to any suggestions for any of the problems.
Graham

Hi
An update on the situation. First some more information that may be of relevance later. I started out with LR1 and updated to 2 when it became available. There were a couple of glitches, but when I did, I just imported the settings directly from 1. I can not remember any of the settings I specified now. On my computer I use two physically seperate hard drives, with the 'D' drive being for backups.
Back to the problem. We can now eliminate faulty files or images. After some exhaustive searching all of my photos are well and healthy in a folder I created in 'My Documents" called "Photos" (how original). In that folder there are sub-folders with dates only and others with names like "imported in 2009 20th July". Each of these folders contains the images imported in to LR on that day (not taken on that day).
I also have a folder on the 'D' drive called 'Lightroom' that has lots of sub-folders with dates. These contain images imported into LR and are all sorted according to the date taken. I assume that this must be the automatic backup. when I tried to open the folder for the July images that were faulty in LR, I got a 'corrupted' message. The original images are all fine on the 'C' drive in the 'Photos' folder. I'm assuming the corruption probably occured on backup.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this leads me to believe that the issue in LR for me is a database/catalog one. In my first post I explained that under 'Folders' I have somehow regently aqquired a second option ("Local Disk (C:)" and "Backup (D:)"). I only recently noticed this and previously had only one list with folders. What I now need is help in getting LR to offer me the options of the images in "Photos" on the 'C' drive.
When I go to "File\Recent" in the catalog section of LR I'm offered two options.
The first is "Lightroom 2 Catalog-2.Ircat-(Filepath to Lightroom)\Backups\2009-09-05 1155" This option is ticked.
The second is "Lightroom 2 Catalog-2.Ircat-(Filepath to Lightroom)" This option is not ticked.
When I look in the "Lightroom" folder, that I assume LR created in "My Documents" I can see a sub-folder that relates to the first option in the "Backups" folder.
I'll post this now, but if detailed information about all the folders, sub-folders and files displayed in the "Lightroom" folder could help, I could provide it.
Thanks again for reading this and the help/suggestions so far. Any thoughts, suggestions, or solutions will be much appreciated.
Graham

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when I try importing it.
We want to share our UI defaults that we each set up in our respective workspaces and schemas. We do have some overlap of tables (which may be a no no I suppose). We also each have differently named (test) apps.
So, like app Import/Export, I thought I could just Export my app (along with UI) from Schema A and Workspace A and simply import it into Schema B and Workspace B and then in the new Workspace have access to the UI. I tried editing the UI *.SQL using the app ID and new schema name but it still balks. It seems like there is an internal table ID code specific to each table that is particular to the table and the workspace it was created in.
I can go to a specific workspace, create a sample UI, Export it's app, and Import the same app (new ID) into same workspace and the UI shows up fine.
So, what good is the UI defaults if you can't carry them forward to the next version of your app that is in a new workspace? It seems like we are forced into creating the equivalent of one workspace, say the "Library", and both of us with separate schemas sign into here. But then how do I get the UIs from the "Library" to our "Beta" workspace, and similarly from there to 'Production' without recreating UIs each time? And, if I prefer a sample set of records, say only 100 test recs, and the other developer prefers a full set, say 30,000 recs, and we have to use the same workspace, since the workspace can only be associated with one db tablespace, how can I load both 100 and 30,000 recs into same area? (and since we can't, that is another reason we wanted to use separate workspaces and pass our respective UIs back and forth and finally into the shared "Library" area.)
Well, thank for reading through this and hopefully it makes sense.

OK Scott, let me try to clarify here:
Regardless of what reasons I have, my immediate goal is to sucessfully Export the UI Defaults from Schema A and Workspace A and Import into Schema B and Workspace B.
So, logging in as Schema A into Workspace A, I go to my app, then Export/Import then "Export User Interface Defaults". There is only one schema available to choose from in the "Schema" dropdown select list. I export the UI and save it to a file.
Next I logout and then login as Schema B into Workspace B. I go to Shared Components UI Defaults and display my tables. Most of these tables (about 30 of them) have the same exact name as the tables used by the other schema. UI Defaults do not exist.
I choose "Import" in the Tasks list, File Type "User Interface Defaults" and pick file I just exported. File is successfully Imported. Now I'm on screen for installing the UI Defaults. When I try to Import the UI it brings me to "Confirm Replace UI Defaults" and lists the OLD workspace schema (not the new one I expected)as being removed and replaced. I push ahead, tell it to do the replace and get the "You do not have access to the schema that you are importing". So I guess I'm doing something wrong.

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