Cant find iphoto library

My 1 year old was playing w/ my keyboard and I think accidentally erased Iphoto. The icon is still on the toolbar, but when I click on it I get a message saying "iPhoto can’t continue without a Photo Library. Make sure the disk containing your Photo Library is connected." Please help me recover the missing folder. It's not in Trash and a search didnt help.
Thanks.
Natasha

Gemi
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
If Spotlight will find your photos under Originals, then you can find where the library is. If i has been moved then you'll need to get it back to the Pictures Folder.
If it's in the Pictures Folder, then you likely have a damaged library. For details on correcting this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947
Yes, you need to watch your disk space very carefully. That disk is very full and you should consider using an external disk to store files.
Regards
TD

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