Lightroom 2.6 Randomly removing folders

Today I noticed that 3 of my folders had been removed from Lightroom. There were still on my computer. I had already done many, many edits to most of the pictures and then the folders just disappeared! I had to re-import and of course the edits are all erased. I had already gone through the files and deleted (removed from disk, not LR) the ones I didn't want, even emptied my trash and when I had to re-import all those files were back!
Is there a way to get the files back into LR without re-importing them and hopefully recovering my edits.
Frustrating!!!!
Why????

not sure why directories are deleted. Are you sure u enable the right button (delete from disk/remove from lightroom)?
Lost your edits... when a pic is removed from lightroom (but still is on disk) that pic is removed from the database, including your edits. Always write your edits to a sidecar file (xmp files). after finishing your edits use ctrl_s to do so. That way you can retrieve the settings from the sidecar if you have to reimport your pics.There is a way to automatically let LR write changes to xmp's. HAve a look at your settings!

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