Microsoft office disappeared

I have an ibook G4, OS X 10.4.11. I dragged the microsoft office icon from applications onto the desktop, now it has vanished. The program no longer appears in applications, it is not on the dock, and does not appear if I search for it using "finder" by typing in microsoft office, word, powerpoint or excel. I purchased the computer used online, and since there were a couple user accounts still on it, I deleted those. Could deleting those user accounts cause the microsoft office program to be deleted?
- I have gone into disc utilities and "verified disc" which showed no problems.
- Under "spotlight" there is "microsoft office.mdimporter" and when I double click on that, it says "there is no default application" to open the program.
- I do not have the microsoft office disc or other discs.
- Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Oh, in that case it may be gone, and for good I'm afraid, unless you are very lucky. When you deleted the accounts did you opt for an immediate removal or to hold onto the old account? If the latter then you should look in the /Users/ folder where you will find the old account kept in a separate folder. If the former, then see the following:
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as MAC Data Recovery, Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads. Recovery software usually provide trial versions that enable you to determine if the software would help before actually paying for it. Beyond this or if the drive has completely failed, then you would need to send the drive to a recovery service which is very expensive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

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