110 photo's lost at import in iphoto '08

I lost about 110 photo's when importing them from a sony cybershot. I am able to recover them with a recovery program (photorecovery under windows).
The strange thing is that I saw them perfectly during the import.
So be aware. Do not use the feature that throws away the photo's after import.(till there is a update)

Thanks for the info.
On another note I emailed A Data who's speedy CF card I was using. They said I could send it to them and they will try to recover the Data for free. So props to A Data support.
So I was just snooping around the iPhoto Library. And I checked the Data folder that holds the thumbnails. I had a folder for Feb 18, a day I did not take any photos. So I checked that folder and there were the thumbnails for the first half of my wedding. In the originals folder there is a similar Feb 18 folder with the photos in it, that does not show up as an event in iPhoto.
Duke, I'd check your originals folder to see if theres a folder with a date that there shouldn't be, hopefully your photos also just got put in the wrong spot. Then just close iphoto take the folder with the photos put it on your desktop, open iPhoto, and reimport the Photos. Just remember not to mess with anything else in the library.
I hope you can find them.
Stephanie

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