Any way to recover a user account that was deleted?

I probably know the answer to this but I screwed up and deleted a user account with settings, documents, applications migrated from one Mac to another. I had two user accounts for my wife and when I deleted the one which I shouldn't have deleted she lost her iPhoto pics. Any chance that account is buried somewhere deep in my Macbook?

The files are still on the drive in the form of 1's and 0's, but the "directions" to them have been changed so the next time the computer writes data it can likely overwrite part or all of the deleted files.
So you can't boot that machine or download anything to it less you risk overwriting files.
So, what can be done?
Use one Mac to another using Firewire Target Disk Mode and running a $99 DataRescue to scan the drive and output the files it finds to another hard drive.
This way one can pick through the files recovered and find what your looking for.
Luckily Pictures are rather easy to find, it's text files that are a pain..
Another option is to install OS X on a external drive and then use that to Data Rescue the target drive.
I've covered it all here,
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3172
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
Once the files are recovered you can recreate the account and do your best to get it back to somewhat.

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