How do I recover a folder that has been deleted?

Last night I was burning a backup disc with some important files. The disc was corrupt so it didn't burn. The computer then had an alert that said Media was unreliable. Then when I went to close out of the window it said a newer file called documents is available would you like to update. I clicked yes and it was the wrong documents folder. All my files were in a folder named documents on my desktop. Then it said something about my aliases weren't working so I deleted those as well.
Now I can't find anything that was in that folder.
How do I get my original documents folder back?

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It sounds like you should have said no. In the future always backup your data before doing something like that as my FAQ explains:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
I would shut down your machine, and go out and buy a copy of Prosoft Data Rescue and an external Firewire hard drive big enough to recover your hard drive. There is a chance it may still be able to see the data you deleted.

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