External Hard drive file erased whilst saving

As I saved a Jpg today, the file I was saving it to, on my external Hard drive, some how had its contents erased. How do I get it back? I'm panicking!

Most drive companies have a free NTFS driver.
Seagate -> http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/ntfs-driver-for-mac-os-master-dl/
If I remove the files from the destination hard drive currently formatted to NTFS
You cannot remove them until you install NTFS driver software.
You can copy them elsewhere but you will not be able to delete them as this requires writing to the drive.
Formatting the drive will remove them (and everything else on that drive).
I assumed that dual-formatted meant dual compatibility but apparently it means one-or-the-other (?)
Where do you see "dual-formatted"?

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