Help! Can I recover missing files?

Hi - I just set out to back-up some project files by dragging a folder containing them from my desktop to the icon for a blank CD-R. I had second thoughts, so (without burning the CD) I dragged the folder out of the CD-R and back to the desktop. There is now only an "alias" of the original folder on the desktop. I cannot find the original folder or the files contained within it.
Is there a disk utility program/function (either Apple or 3rd party) that can help me find these missing files? Thanks.

hi dinaleo,
barry's suggestion for locating them was to do a 'spotlight' search, which is in the top right corner of the screen, and looks like a magnifiying glass on a blue circle. if you click on this and type in anything from the title of documents/folders to words in them to extensions (e.g. .doc, .mp3, .psd, .pdf), to the date it was created, or basically anything else, spotlight will give you a list of files or folders containing these. the more you type the more specific the search it will be with less results to look through.
note: the 'show all' button gives you a better viewing window.
and fyi: when you drag contents onto a disc(cd-r, dvd-r, etc.) icon, you don't actually move the files. you just create an alias, and then when you burn they are 'copied'. but like barry said, unless you move something to the trash, it is not taken from the system.
and if you had moved it to the trash that would be the first place to look.
barry, i hope i'm not butting in here
joey

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