My LR2 HD is dying and I need help!

Hi,
Sorry for the very generic title. I searched but didn't find a solution. 2 Days ago, my HD where all my photos are on started making a clicking sound. I have noticed since then that it only happens when LR2 is running and I'm working on stuff, there's nothing else stored on that ext HD. I back up every time that I start LR2 to another external HD.
Searching around, it looks like the LR2 catalog is located on my iMac and not on the LR2 drive and folder where all the photos are. So my question is, what is the best way to use the back up to use that drive as the "new" LR2 catalog? I will be buying a new HD to use as a backup. Also, I had uploaded some vacation shots prior to noticing the hard drive clicking noise. I just noticed it after another trip recently, so should I backup from an earlier backup? and how would I do that? thanks.
Richard

Remove the bad drive. Open LR. You should now see ? next to files and folders previously linked to the files on the bad drive. Right click on the highest level folder in LR. Select locate folder and find the corresponding folder on the back up drive. LR will now update the location of the files. This works if your folder structure is consistent between the old drive and the back up drive. If it isn't you may have to follow this procedure folder by folder or even worse file by file.
Back ups are best kept in the same structure as the originals for this very reason. It is also why it is best to use a very simple folder structure for your image files and manage stuff using LR rather than the OS's folder structure. In my case everything is imported into one folder called Originals by date. This is backed up to a separate drive at time of import. The originals are converted to DNG on import and the back ups also using a separate back up catalog. The backup is then itself backed up to an on line service.
By the way, if the failing drive is an external drive connected by usb, you can always remove it from the housing and try directly connecting it as an internal drive. Sometimes this will allow you to at least copy the files over...however once a drive starts clicking it is best to bin it I am afraid after saving what you can.

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