How do I get back photos from my last import - they've all disappeared

I imported photos from an SD card into my iphoto library on an external Lacie hard drive. I know this was initially successful because afterwards I showed them to my wife on a slide show. I then turned the computer off. Later when I switched on to look at them again all the photos (only from the latest import) had disappeared! I can't find them anywhere and I can't see how I could have accidentally deleted them. I have tried rebuilding the library, but they are still not there. I Cant find them anywhere on the Lacie drive nor on the internal hard drive. However, I should mention that the total size of all my folders on my 60gb internal drive is 46.5 gb, yet only 1.9 gb is available, which is puzzling in itself - However, as I imported the photos onto the library on the external lacie drive I don't see how this is an issue. (By the way I have checked the iphoto library in my home folder and it remains empty, as it should be). Any ideas before I give them up for lost forever?

Simon
You’re going to have a very big problem and very soon. These missing pics are the beginning of trouble.
the total size of all my folders on my 60gb internal drive is 46.5 gb, yet only 1.9 gb is available,
OS X needs about 10 gigs of free space on the hard drive for normal OS operations such as virtual memory and temporary files. Without this space the machine slows down as the OS hunts for free space, files become fragmented and applications begin to crash. The risk of data corruption increases exponentially.
You must, as a matter of urgency, make space on the drive. I cannot stress this enough.
You may be able to recover the pics from your camera card using an app such as MediaRecover
Regards
TD

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