Problem locating files in Lightroom 4

I imported a bunch of cr2s from a pc to a mac osx lion lightroom 4.1.
In the "show all on Hard Drive" I can find a file, but it says that it is missing or offline.
Then I use thelocate in finder. I locate the photo, and still lightroom won't recognize and catalog it.
Help!

I imported a bunch of cr2s from a pc to a mac osx lion lightroom 4.1.
I don't understand this ... photos must be on a hard drive attached to your computer (which I assume is a mac), they can't be on a PC

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