Lightroom won't load catalog, application won't launch

After using my Lightroom catalog and images on an external drive for several years, suddenly the application won''t load either today. Instead, I get this error message:
"...Lightroom Catalogs can not be opened on network volumes, removable storage, or read only volumes..."
Lightroom appears to be mis-identifying my external drive, won't let me access my files, and won't even launch! Prior to this, the Lightroom Library button has not been appearing in the right-hand menu since the most recent update. The Library has remained accesible from the pull-down Window menu though. Help!
Mac OS X v10.7.5; Lightroom 4.4; Latest versions of CS 6 Apps and Acrobat v10.1.7.

I fixed the hard drive recognition issue myself by rebooting. I'll probably try to re-run the Lightroom 4.4 installer to fix the missiing menu button. ANy ideas?

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