Help help help everything is lost

Hi guys.. reinstalled my mac system because i lost i movie and thought i had all my work on my hardrive. Turns out i didnt.. I feel sick to my stomach.. Is there anyway it is still on the computer and i can find it.. Am using an imac.. help help help

You might try this.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/stellarphoenixmacintoshdatarecoverysoftware.html
The most important thing is to stop using that startup drive immediately to avoid overwriting parts of the drive that may still be recoverable. You'll most likely need to make a new startup disk on an external and run the recovery from there.
A little late but a helpful tool for future re-installs is Pacisifist. It can install individual apps from Apple installer discs.
GOOD LUCK! Coincidentally, my iMac is in the infirmary at the Genius Bar this morning too. HDD dying. Always keep Time Machine backups. I do 2 separate ones now, too paranoid no to.

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