Lightroom suggestion (locate missing files)

In the dialog for locate missing file, if the file name is different, would be nice on occasion to be able to select 'use original name' I am sure meta data can be compared to see if they are, if fact, the same image with just a different name
And how did I come about this thinking? Well, the HD of all my RAW images got totaly corrupted - to the point I have a recovery place recover the data from the HD. Did retrieve all 1900 RAW files - only no file structure, and the naming went like FIL1.NEF through FIL1900.NEF
Needless to say, this is a major undertaking renaming back to the orginal. The saved meta data is a big help to use the Create Date and time to ensure it is the right image from the catalog, but sure would be nice if all I had to do was point to that image and tell LR to use the orginal file name, not the new file name....

If and what steps to take depends on what happened to the images.  LR doesn’t move or delete images without your telling it to.
If the images are on an external drive, perhaps the drive letter changes based on what else is also plugged into your computer.
Were the missing images moved somewhere else?  You can use your OS file-searching capabilities to look for them.
Were the missing images deleted?  Are they in the trash or recycle-bin? 
Do you work with more than one LR catalog?  Where you might have done a Move Import in one catalog of the same images that were already in another catalog and so that second import will move the images so that the LR catalog you did the first import to won’t be able to find them.

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