Missing HD Space and Sparse Images

Hey folks:
I'm new and apparently not as computer-savvy as I thought. Here is my issue:
I was looking for a method of sharing my iPhoto files between multiple accounts on my computer. I read that they easiest way to do this was to create a sparse disk image and place the iPhoto files there and then place everything in the "shared" folder. I created the sparse disk image and then decided that it really was not that important to share those files among accounts and then simply deleted the sparse disk image and then emptied my trash--this appears to have been an error because the 40 gigs reserved for the disk image simply disappeared.
My next issue is that I tried to use the "erase empty space" option in Disk Utility, which, while it was running, appears to have caused my computer to lock up. Apparently this process creates sparse disk images and then erases them, but does not erase sparse images already present on the disk. So the result is that I now have not a single bite on my hard drive.
I am sure that there is some method for deleting these sparse disk images, but, as I mentioned, I am a complete novice regarding such things. If anyone could offer some information to assist me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

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the 40 gigs reserved for the disk image simply disappeared.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
Did you really trash the disk image itself or did you just "trash" (unmount) the mounted volume? If the latter, the disk image may still be there.
I now have not a single bite on my hard drive.
Launch the Terminal utility, then enter this command, followed by a "return" key:
sudo du -chxd 1 /
You'll be prompted for your administrative account's password. The command will take a while to run. You'll see a series of lines showing the amount of space consumed by each top-level directory hierarchy. Ignore all the small stuff; what you're looking for is where the greatest amount of space is used. For a point of reference, here are the values for some of the entries on my Mac:
- Applications: 8.2G
- Developer: 7.2G
- Library: 14G
- private: 5.0G
- System: 2.7G
- Users: 25G
- usr: 1.1G
Once you've determined where there is an unusually-large amount of space, you can drop down one level and repeat that command. For example, if there is an unreasonably-large amount of space in "private" issue this command:
cd private
Then run the "sudo du" command again. Repeat this process until you've found the space.

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