I lost a folder, with all the pictures, while trying to move some photos to a diferent folder (both folders disappeared)

I was trying to move some pictures from a folder to another, but all the pictures disappeared! Even the folder that the pictures were! I searched all my computer but I can't find them! Does anyone know what can I do??
Before I lost all pictures a message appeared asking if I wanted to replace the photos that have the same name, and I said "yes" and "do this to all"; after that a message appeared saying that there was an error and the pictures were note moved, but all my files disapeared!!
I search even the trash (it is empty) and don't know whatelse to do!
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks

First of all, we'd need to know what version of Bridge, Photoshop and the OS you are using.
One of the earliest versions of Bridge was indeed known occasionally to disappear files and/or folders, but that was a long time ago, in CS2 I believe. Later versions do not do that.
Do a search for the names of the files and or folder(s), not with the pretty useless Spotlight or the Finder Search (which uses the same, limited Spotlight search engine). Instead, try the free EasyFind. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8707
Second, I'll assume you mean folder when you type "a file with all my photos in it". Unless you put the folder in the trash and then deliberately emptied the trash, it's more likely you just accidentally stuck the folder inside another one, or accidentally renamed it. EasyFind will find it or its contents.
If EasyFind fails to find a trace of any of the files or of the folder, then the files are indeed gone. but that 's highly unlikely unless you deliberately empied the trash.
Good luck.
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