Help, Valuable images lost! REWARD OFFERED

I was working in Aperture this morning when a message informed me that my library would be damaged if I did not open up space on my start up disk. I was moving files in an attempt to comply and closed Aperture. When I reopened it my entire library was gone and it presented an import library message as though I was opening the program for the first time. I immediately went to each of my vaults and library back-ups but they were all empty as well. Can anyone tell me if I might recover these files and how I do it? If you can help I will be eternally greatful and send you a reward. Thank you in advance.
Greg Hughey

When you say your vaults are empty as well, what
criteria are you using? Is the size of each of them
actually such that they could be empty? Not sure
what's going on but it would be good if you could
give some details first -- if the size is in the GB
then your files are in there and its just a case of
getting them restored -- which should be fairly
simple. But let's get the specifics first before
moving on to the next steps.
I apologize for the frantic post. I have successfully recovered my library and all is fine. I was a little freaked out when I discovered my error and I was unable to recover the library. After a short study session I was able to comprehend how the vault system really works. I had no idea that that many high quality images could be compressed so well. Thank you for your support and I feel much safer now that I know the vault system is reliable. This incident has forced to rethink my resource allocation so that I don’t end up in a similar predicament. Thanks again for your prompt reply.

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:23:27 -0600
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Subject: Re: Help with image ready on ps3 extended
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