HELP..accidently replaced full file with old one of same name.

I think i really screwed up!
Last night I was organizing my computer files and folders for work. I transferred many files over from my old powerbook and had many duplicate files. I was moving pretty fast dragging and dropping, cut and pasting, creating new folders.
Then I moved a file over to another one that had the same name. The box came up asking if "I would like to replace the contents... I said yes!
Then in horror I realized the new folder had nothing in it and I had replaced it for the old file which was full of design ads, quotes, logos, menus, wine lists, ETC all for work.
Where did all the contents of the old file go? I can not find it anywhere. Did it seriously delete the entire contents and not even put it in the trash?
PLEASE HELP> I am in big trouble here.
Thank You
Rich

Short answer: it sounds like the file is gone for good.
Unless... do you have Time Machine enabled (or some other backup)?
charlie

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