Photo library gone during copying the file...

I bought a new Mac and wanted to import the library into my new computer. So I started to copy the file onto my external hard drive wth the idea to connect that drive to my new computer and use if from there to imported into my new iPhoto 11.
However, the copying was going to take 256 hours accoring to my G5 because the file was 25 GB big, so I cannceled it to try something else. After canceling, the copied file showed a size of 500 mb and the original file was gone! I checked everywhere, but it seems that I lost my comlete iphoto library. This is rerrible, how can a file dissapear only because I canncels a copy, (not a cut and past).
Does someone has suggestions?
André

How did you go about trying to copy the library from the G5 to the EHD? Did you just click and drag it to the EHD?
Or did you use the Move method? That is hold down the Command+Shift key and drag the file from the G5 to the EHD. This method copies the file to the destination and delete it from the source when the copy is done. If you did use the move method and cancelled the "move" when you did it might have deleted the source file and left you with just the partial file on the EHD. The "move" feature was an issue a while back as I recall.

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