After installing Leopard my Mac Pro is FUBAR

Installed Leopard 5 days ago. I got the over 8 character issue and worked it out with the instructions on the apple support. Created new login with admin privileges and transferred iTunes, some preferences, etc to new account. Then launched World of Warcraft to play and it worked until there was a patch to download. Downloaded the patch and that is where the trouble started. The patch did not install and their site advised me to run disk utility, which I did. There was an error and I proceeded to fix. Now when I log into the computer I have admin privileges but no access to music, pictures etc. I think think that the disc utility repair did something to my formally repaired login. Now with admin privileges, no access to anything like iTunes, pix, etc. Did I delete? I would say not because the drive is still at the same capacity it was when I started this. I think that my music, etc is still in the mac but I deleted access even from admin users. This is dire... Please help.

Hi aeson81,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I recommend the steps in this article if your Mac is only starting up to a white or gray screen and the Apple logo:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Best,
Jeremy

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