PSE6 Star ratings lost when photos reconnected

I recently lost all of my photos from my external hard drive (I had back ups of the original photos but not of PS files).
The photos were all organised within albums, and had star ratings which remained in the catalogue although all files were missing.  I uploaded the original files again and reconnected to the catalogue, the albums have all remained but all the ratings have reverted to 0 - is this something I can restore somehow or will I have to go through them all again?

I don't know the answer to your question, but in the future, you need to back up your PSE catalog file as well. It makes no sense to back up the photos and not back up the catalog file.

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