My recently saved .PSD file is nowhere to be found.

Hello!
I recently saved a few Photoshop files, and had been accessing them using the "Open Recent" menu. Well, a few minutes after I saved, the system crashed, and when I restarted and opened Photoshop, the "Open Recent" list was empty. Then I searched for the files and can't find them anywhere. I've looked by searching the file name in Finder and in Spotlight, and have even done a search for all .psd files, but the recent ones are missing.
If I create a dummy .psd file and save it, it goes to a folder with a string of letters and numbers, but I can't find the path that leads me to where that folder might be. Is there a weird hidden folder that Finder can't detect? I feel like the files must be there somewhere, because they were saved several times before the crash, but where?
Thanks!

I didn't, but I did specify the location each time that I exported. First, it was to a designated folder not too dissimilar to what you suggested. The other times, I specified the Desktop. No where to be found. More importantly, my hard drive's available MB's shows the same amount that it showed prior to starting the export.
To review my problem:
1) It's at 9 gigabytes available when I begin
2) It says it needs 6 to do my video.
3) I begin it, and it goes through the export
4) It finishes.
5) The available hard drive space is 3 GB.
6) The movie isn't where I specified.
7) I did a finder search for the file without luck.
8) I restart the CPU, and it shows 9 GB available again.

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