Lightroom 4 catalog not valid

I am using Windows 7 home premium SP 1.
I have a working catalog that is suddenly giving me the error "this is not a valid catalog" upon opening lightroom v4. Windows shows the file size of this catalog as 0 bytes in explorer. I cannot open, repair, or import this catalog into another, new catalog.
This occurred when I restarted my computer to install updates to another (completely unrelated) program. I had been working on some photos using this catalog prior to restarting and then I discovered that my catalog was suddenly not valid and could not be opened.
I have a backup that I can use, however, I don't know why this happened in the first place. Anyone have any ideas so I can prevent this from happening in the future?

Assertion Failed can happen when you open LR can mean the path to your pictures folder isn’t valid in the registry:
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/lightroom-error-assertion-failed-update.html

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