Unable to log in to my account

Hi!
I have transferred my Home folder to a new, larger disk, then erased the original disk. (The system is on a different (SSD) disk, cloned from an earlier residence by using SuperDuper. Has worked flawless otherwise.)
When copying (using Sync) I dragged the icons for the whole volume in the Source and Target positions of the Sync window, not just the folder.
To erase the disk, I had to start from the system CD to unmount the OLD data disk, which I thought was not in use at all.
There were 3 partitions on that disk, one containing my Home folder.
Now when I try to restart, I get the message "You are unable to log in to user account <my account name> at this time … because an error occured."
I have earlier experienced the same in an attempt to install Windows via BootCamp, see here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2803773?threadID=2803773&tstart=10
But this time, I have not (yet) removed any drives.
I can access everything on the Nehalem desktop machine via the MacBook Pro to which it is networked via the Internet router and from which I am writing this.
Hoping for your help - Hening.

It looks indeed like I should have known this on beforehand. I was not aware of that I should have used Migration Assistant. I thought it was OK to use SuperDuper to clone a startup volume.
Now that I have messed up, the history/scenario is this:
My system 10.6.7 and apps were on a HD, the Home folder on another HD.
Then I bought a 40 GB SSD, cloned the startup volume on to it using Super Duper. Seemed to work fine.
Later, I copied my Home folder to a larger HD using Sync.
And erased the HD that had contained the old Home.
That's when the trouble started, and I started this thread. Since I got no reply for some days, I started a new one
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3043638
asking how to repair permissions. Later, I remembered that I CAN log into my Me account from the MacBook! So I understood that it was not the Me account that was corrupted in itself, but the connection to the new system drive.
In the meantime, using root, I have created a new user account Me2 on the SSD so I can log in to my Mac. But I can not get access to the Apple-created folders in the old Home folder.
The scenario I want to end up with for the future is this:
As you advise, I will keep system, apps and Home together on the SSD - but only an "EMPTY" Home, with ALL data stored on an HD.
Could you please guide me what to do?
One particular problem is Mail. Mails are data that swell and may not have place on the SSD. And generally, I want to keep ALL data out of ALL these intricate procedures for ALL future...! And all in ONE place.
Is there a mail app that I can install in the apps folder, but which will accept that the mail boxes are installed on the data drive, and accessible all independent of all this permissions stuff, just like any other file? Thunderbird? I will try.
But first I need to get access to the mails which are already stored in my Me1 account...And right now I discover that from the new account, I can not access my data on the external data backup disk either!! So I absolutely need to get access to my Me1 account.
Sigh!

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