Missing develop/history settings after transfer

I got a new computer, had to download another copy of lightroom 3.4 to it. Then started gradually moving images from my old computer (with lr 3.4) , to my new one, via an external hard drive. I have the images, but not the edited versions. All adjustments made in the develop module on the old computer are missing (b&w conversion, cropping, etc.) These are DNG images! I thought when you convert to DNG all the info stays with the file?

Richard,
Assuming you still have access to your old computer, on your old computer:
Open LR
Make sure your folder panel shows the folders in a hierarchical order and you have only one (or only a few) top-level folders shown (use "Add Parent Folder" if they are not shown)
as in this example:
Edit -> Catalog Settings -> General Tab -> Location -> Show
This will point you to the folder your catalog resides in, the catalog name is shown in the General Tab under "File Name"
Copy the file [catalogname].lrcat (and the folder "[catalogname] Previews.lrdata" if you have time) to your new computer. If you do not copy the Previews, you can rebuild them on the new computer later, if you copy them as well, you save that work
Copy your originals from the old to the new computer, retaining the folder structure the same as on the old computer (copy the one or few top-level folders)
Double click the copied [catalogname].lrcat file on the new computer to start LR
If your original images on the new computer reside in the same folder structure as on the old computer, and the drive they reside on has the same drive letter assigned, you're all set
If the drive the originals reside on has a different drive letter assigned than on the old system, all the folders will show a "?" indicating missing
right click on a top-level folder showing the "?"
do "Find missing Folder"
point to the folder on the new HDD the folder resides on
this will reconnect all sub-folders as well
If you did not copy the previews folder, select all images in the catalog and do "Render Standard Size Previews" from the Library Menu
Come back here if anything is not clear or you have other questions.
Beat

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