Locked Cat in Lightroom 4.4

Cant find an irdata.lock file to erase inorder to unlock it. Its not in my catalog backup file and I have search my entire hard disk with no luck. Any help on unlocking this cat

From your screen shot it becomes clear what happened.
The images all show the question mark on the frame - Lr's indication that the link between the catalog and the file location is broken. Also, all your folders in the folders panel show a question mark before their names.
This link breaks when
- image files or folders are renamed or moved outside of Lr (in the Os via Mac Finde / Win Explorer), or
- image files are on an external hard drive that is not plugged-in, or
- images have been deleted outside of Lr, or
- the images are on an external drive, and the OS has assigned a different drive letter to it than before.
The remedy is to re-establish the link. Do not even think of re-importing because not only would you loose your edits, it would also create havoc with the catalog. In case of an un-plugged hard drive, the remedy is obviously to plug it in. If the images have been deleted, right-click the folder and select <Remove>.
To re-establish the link in all other cases: Right-click on the top-most folder in the folder hierarchy, for instance on your folder "2007", select <Find missing folder>, navigate to the correct location of this folder and select it. Lr will then find the sub-folders under "2007" on its own and you can watch the question marks wink-out one after the other.
Do the same with your folders "2006", "2005", etc.
For more see here: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm
If all these folders for the years are themselves under a parent folder - not visible in your folders panel - you can do the <Find missing folder> procedure for this folder instead of the year folders. If there is such a top parent folder and you want to make it visible in the folders panel, right-click any of the year folders and select <Show parent folder>. Do this repeatedly until the top-level folder is displayed.

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