Missing Files after Lion Upgrade

After upgrading to Lion I am missing files from a folder named "printers" I had created. The previous os used a "printer" folder but not "printers". It seems as if the Lion operating system deleted the existing folder and placed new files in there. I've searched the computer after enabling hidden files to no avail. Any ideas as to how to recover the files?
Thanks

Where had you put that folder?
If in the top-level System or Library folder, that's why; those were replaced by the Lion installer, since we mere mortals are not supposed to fool with them.
Restore it from your backups, but put it somewhere else; either in a user home folder or the special Shared user folder.

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