Restoring deleted photos from lightroom hard drive

If my photos were deleted from my lightroom hard drive, what is the best method to re-import or restore my "back up photos" back into my drive and original catalog?

I think it would depend on your catalog back ups and how the photos were deleted and how many.
If you have a back-up of the catalog before the files were deleted and it was your entire photographic catalog which was large is size , then you can do as DJ suggested. It would probably be the fastest way. After the photos are restored to their original location, you may have to go to File>Import from another catalog, and then choose the folder location of your backups and select the most recent.
If you are speaking of just a few photos, or maybe just one folder, you can simply restore the files on your PC or MAC, and re-import using Add.
Hope that helps.

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My first post here.
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