Lightroom Files missing after new drive added

I recently filled up my old hard drive(F:) so I went out and bought a new and larger one. Without realizing it the new one was now the F drive and my old one is now the H drive. But Lightroom can not find all of my files in my old drive and I think it is because it is now located on the H drive. I don't want to loose the new photos I put on the new drive (now the F drive). What can I do? If I re-import the old drive will it recognize all my old files?
Help?....

Do not re-import. If you do so, you'll lose all your work on those files.
In the Folders panel in Lightroom, right-click on the highest-level folder and choose Find missing folder from the context menu. In the dialogue box that comes up, navigate to that folder on your H: drive and select it. All the images in that folder and all its children, grand-children, etc. will be reconnected with your Lightroom catalogue. If you have more than one top-level folder, repeat with the others.
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