Lost images.

My camera recently rolled over from 9999 to 0001 and many images from my old catalogue are missing. Has Lightroom overwritten the entire image file or just the catalogue number? If just the number, where do I find the original images? If a thumbnail is displayed in Lightroom does that mean the image file is still on the hard drive?

Lightroom simply does not overwrite files, nor does something that happens in your camera affect the behavior of Lightroom.
Your original images, the first one taken that had number 0001, are still in the exact same place they were a few days ago (unless you did something to them) and you should be able to find them in Lightroom just as you found them before. You need to search Lightroom for photos with that contain the 0001 in the file name and/or search your operating system for files that contain 0001 in the file name.
If a thumbnail is displayed in Lightroom does that mean the image file is still on the hard drive?
No, that simply means that Lightroom has created a preview for this photo, which it is now showing to you. If there is an exclamation point or question mark icon in the rectangle surrounding the photo, then the photo itself is missing (not in the expected location or deleted) from your hard disk. If there is no exclamation point icon (LR5) and no question mark icon (LR4 and earlier), then the photo should be in the expected location on the hard disk.

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