Can I delete files from disk that I removed just from LR in error?

Hi, this is a really silly error.
I've just deleted 100s of raw files from lightroom, useless stuff that I should have deleted at the time but was too lazy to do so. Am now trying to purge all the rubbish and it's taking me days (it's from the last 3 years or so.)
This morning I just deleted several hundred images I went to empty the trash can and it's already empty and it's only then that I realise I've been just deleting the files from Lightroom and not from the disk. It's several hours work, is there any way I can now identify in the finder folder which images are not in LR, because these are the ones I want to get rid of for good. I don't want to keep them there taking up valuable memory space or restore them to LR and have to do it all again. Help!
Any advice much appreciated.
Emma
Mac OSX 6.3
Lightroom 2.7

Emma,
I would do the following:
BACKUP YOUR CATALOG
Synchronize the folder(s) in question (possibly to top level parent folder)
- Deselect "Scan for metadata updates" during synchronization
- Select "Import new photos" during synchronization
Delete the photos ("Delete from Disk") just imported by Synchronize from within LR (from view "Previous Import") after each import (if it's more than one folder)
This should delete all the images not previously in your catalog but existing in your folder(s).
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

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