Relaunch & Optimize program removed images and catalog

I had just imported a about 500 images. The response to commands was very slow so decided to implement the Relaunch and Optimize program. Suddenly the catalog and images disappeared. As I relaunch Lightroom, I noticed all but one catalog had disappeared.
The only thing that I can think of is to uninstall Lightroom 1.1 program and reinstall it. My question is what other files do I remove in addition to the actual program which is in applications section?
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated. It seems to me that Lightroom has some major bugs.
Russ Tracey

Hi Lee,
I had six catalogs. When I started the Launch and Optimize program, all of the catalogs disappeared except one with no images.
Do I uninstall? If so, what files do I throw in the trash?
Russ

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