Well you ' re right . I can ' t argue that logic . Source am M ' sian too <| sep |> I love Montana . I go there every year for a month from Miami to get away from this toxic place . <| sep |> Dont buy anything on sale that you wouldnt have bought full price , are words to live by . <| sep |> Try copying the pictures back to your desktop the way they were and seeing if Lightroom just sees them . If yes , then the photos should be duplicated in light room . You would see two sets , one from the desktop and one from your hard drive . The desktop photo should have their histories back . At that point it would be safe to delete the photos from the hard drive within Lightroom . Then you can move the desktop photos within light room to the hard drive .