Moving Files & lrcat to new drive - lost edits

Hi, I recently dragged and dropped my lrcat & files to a new raid backup drive. When I started up LR it was 'empty' (I was in shock) so I reimported the CR RAW files into the folders as well as the devlop presets. The problem is that i have lost most of the editing I had dne to my images i.e they have reset.
Is it possible to retrieve the updated images from a backup and merge them into the current LR settings without duplicating? (or should I reset my LR and restore from the backup)?
Thanks, need help!

More info might help
1. The files were copied and not moved? You've verified that the photos and catalog still exist on the original drive?
2. If you find the catalog on the original drive and launch Lightroom with that catalog do the folders appear, but not the photos?
3. If the photos and catalog were moved and not copied, what happens when you launch Lightroom with the catalog from the new location?
In any case it's very unlikely that you have to redo your work. Unless your catalog is gone or corrupted and you don't have any backups, the catalog still has all your changes, you just need to launch LR with the right catalog and point it to the files if necessary.

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