Trying to migrate to a new computer - major problems

Hi, I'm posting this for my friend Cindy who is trying to migrate from an old laptop to a new PC. Laptop: Vista PC: Windows 7, both 64 bit.
She called me after moving some files around and being partially successful. The problem is that a few thousand photos are missing and cannot be found. I've searched her internal and external hard drives and cannot locate the files on either computer. I do believe they are gone.
What we're trying to figure out is this: How can she take everything that is on her laptop and migrate it properly to the PC. The catch here is that the laptop is messed up too because of trying to move things around.
So, is there any way to get PS Lightroom to scan the catalog and then search the whole computer (c: and g: drives) for the missing files, and then export them into a new catalog that is properly organized? I realize that's a tall order but we are grasping at straws here.
Thanks for your time, and feel free to point me in the right direction rather than answer the questions explicitly.
Ryan (via Cindy's account)

You need to supply more information:
1) What version of LR is installed on the old laptop, and what version on the new desktop?
2) Are the "few thousand missing photos" showing up in LR on the new desktop, but with '?' symbol in the thumbnails? If so double-click the '?' to display the laptop file location path where LR thinks the files are.
3) What is the 'G:' drive letter (external drive?) and has anything been deleted from the G: or C: drives?
4) Was there more than one (1) Lightroom catalog created on the laptop? If so where were the catalogs saved?
This link will be helpful in locating LR files and folders:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/843/cpsid_84313.html
Do NOT open any applications on the laptop other than Windows File Explorer, to prevent overwriting any possibly deleted files.

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