All documents wiped out, left only applications installed earlier

My problem earlier was that when i power on my macbook pro at night on 29 mar 2010, i realise that all my documents on my desktop, documents folder, pictures folder, as well as music folders were GONE!! The only thing left was those applications i installed e.g adium, iworks, microsoft office 2008 etc..
I checked my hard disk space. There is 130 gb free space. Initially, I only had about 40 gb of free space left. I downloaded 3rd party software- StellarPheonix to recovery my data, but unfortunately, they are no where to be found.
It's kind of a rare problem. Helpdesk personnel told me i might have deleted ALL my documents. How would it be possible to click on 1 button and all my documents on my desktop, files, videos, musics and pictures all gone.(They are located at different folders)
The only thing they told me is that only time machine can help to retrieve make all my data.
I was rather disappointed with my macbook pro

I recommend you follow their suggestion. Restore from your Time Machine backup.
1. Boot with the installation disk
2. Accept the language window
3. Click on Utilities/Restore from backup
4. Select a backup from the list
This will restore everything on your computer at the time of the backup.
Have a nice day.
Boyd

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