Help?? I wrote over an important folder..

I had two folders named the same and wrote over my backup which contains tons of pictures that I need on my external backup drive.
How can I get them back? can I? I hope
any suggestions please?????

Just to chime in, you really should do regular backups. Since you're on Leopard, you already have Time Machine, so all you need is an external HD, Time Capsule, or Airport Extreme with an external HD, or a drive attached to another Mac running Leopard on the same network.
You might want to review these:
Time Machine Tutorial
Time Machine 101
How to back up and restore your files
Time Machine Features
Apple - Support - Mac OSX v10.5 Leopard Time Machine
and perhaps browse the Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of the Time Machine forum.
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