Just changed hardrives on my computer. How can I reference my photos and backups from my old HDD?

I just switched my HDD for a SDD on my laptop. All files on my old HDD are still intact, the backups and photos are all in the same place. I will be using the HDD as an external hardrive. What is the best way to reference my photos and backups in lightroom that I reinstalled on my SDD?

I do apologize if I am still missing what I am supposed to follow on that
link, but I don't think it applies to me.I may not have explained fully
what I am trying to accomplish. I have a laptop computer, I replaced my HDD
with an SSD then I replaced my my optical drive with my old HDD. I am
storing all of my software and OS on the SSD, so i reinstalled creative
cloud and lightroom on the SSD. I am storing all of my documents on my hard
drive. So right now when I open lightroom on my new SSD there are no
pictures, because its a fresh install of the software on my new rive. On my
HDD i still have all of my photos, backups, and even software. I am in the
process of deleting the OS and software off of the HDD and software files.
Before I do that I want to make sure that I have transferred everything
that I am going to need. How can I get my pics on my new version of
lightroom? Thanks again for the help.

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