Missing Audio File

I worked on a project (Logic 8) a few months ago...everything was great...recorded some audio, did some editing, hid some tracks, exported an MP3, removed unused audio from the bin, everything was great and dandy.
I opened the same project last night and received the message that 1 audio file cannot be found. It happens to be the audio file that was on the hidden track. Since I emptied my recycling bin months ago, I fear that this very important file is lost forever.
Anyone know how I can get this file back?

stevetothink wrote:
My backup runs every few days with a mirror image of the drive. So, the backup has the same problem.
Re-recording it is not an option. It was a one time shot.
Maybe this is a good time to consider a better backup situation.
I try to follow this rule :
Backup in three different hard drives, and at the end of the project, make DVDs.
As far as the backups are concerned, I do what is called an Incremental backup, which keeps EVERYTHING, including bad takes, non-utilised material, demos, etc. It is all there. 99% of the time, nothing needs to be recovered.
But then there is this 1% chance, the 1% your stuck in... where you need something back.
If you want to use a dedicated software for this, you can use Retrospect, which I use, and has the Incremental Backup option, which adds all New files and copies all updated files as new ones as well, in order to keep EVERYTHING.
Cheers

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