Can I recover FileVault data when the sparsebundle was deleted on a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.6.8?

I have a MacBook Pro that I purchased from a friend of mine. He reformatted it before giving it over to me, and he left me a couple of install files in the Downloads folder before he gave it to me. When I got it, I turned on FileVault because encrypting my data seemed like a good idea. Little did I know that it would end up biting me in the butt.
I tried to add music files from my iPod to the laptop. It didn't work properly, so I deleted those files and tried again. Same issue, and I deleted them again. I noticed, though, that the laptop acted like both copies of those files were still on board, and half my HD was filled up with almost nothing on the computer. I used Disk Inventory to find out why, and found that all that excess data was locked up in a hidden file called a sparsebundle. Disk Inventory removed that file, and then the laptop stopped working. I couldn't get my applications to run properly, and when I restarted the computer, I couldn't log in at all. I rebooted and created a new Admin account so I could get into the laptop.
Now I'm trying to recover all the files that I had put onto the laptop before I had to reboot. They appear to still be there, and I have a copy of the computer in its current state backed up through Time Machine. The programs that were on it before the reboot mostly still worked (exception Firefox, so I'll just reinstall that and hope it works).
Is there any way for me to recover the files that are currently still locked up under FileVault? I have copies of DiskWarrior 4.0 and TechTool Pro 4.6.1, but neither seems to work with OSX 10.6.8. Any help in recovering the "lost" files would be appreciated.
Alternately, if the files cannot be directly recovered: if I have to completely reinstall everything, will having the Time Machine backup of the extra programs my friend had installed let me keep those programs after a reinstallation of OS X?
My thanks to the community in advance for any assistance that can be offered.

oh, I thought I had seen it. I will do a re-install of Snow Leopard, hopefully then I can find it.
Thank you very much, I will let you know how it goes.

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