My entire photo catalog is missing

So without realizing it, I messed up my file associations earlier today in Lightroom 3.2, and I can't figure out how to fix it.
Until today, I'd only been importing photos from my SD cards through Lightroom to an external drive, while saving second copies to my laptop hard drive as well.
Today I wanted to import photos from my Blackberry. I connected it to the laptop without my external hard drive (which I forgot always needs to be connected if I'm using Lightroom)...and the photos imported straight to my computer hard drive. A file was created on my Blackberry called "Lightroom photos" (which is the same name as the folder for Lightroom files on my external drive). I saw that and deleted it from my Blackberry, knowing it didn't belong there. I then imported the photos again via Lightroom, onto my external drive this time. I backed up the catalog and closed Lightroom.
Later on, I wanted to start editing some photos, and opened Lightroom to find all my photos associated with Drive F (my Blackberry) instead of Drive G (my external drive). Because I deleted the Lightroom folder from my Blackberry, Lightroom recognizes the device when I connect it to my computer, but none of the images. They all have question marks next to them. I can't view any of the photos I previously edited as a result.
I tried to restore a back-up catalog from last week, but none of the photos are viewable! Am I screwed, or is there a way to get Lightroom to associate with the images on my external drive again (like it did earlier when it did with the Blackberry)? And why can't I see photos when I open a back-up catalog?
It's not a big deal to reimport all the photos, but I don't want to lose all the previously edited photos.
Thanks!

I just figured out the solution. I right clicked on the folders associated with my Blackberry, and the menu gives me the option to "find missing folder" -- all I had to do was click on the folders on my external drive, and Lightroom moved them under that location.
Everything is back to normal.

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