Can't reset password for admin, can't access admin and my home folder is missing?

I am having huge issues! This morning everything was fine, then I took my computer to school and it had reset to default condition and says my home folder is inaccessible.
I've tried multiple ways of resetting password in terminal, to no avail
Gained access to the computer via standard user - but still no way of clicking or doing anything to my admin account.
I'm running osx 10.7.5
Please help :-(

When you say you have tried multiple ways to reset the admin password, have you tried restarting while holding the Command and R keys, then when it has booted to the recovery HD partition, you should get a drop down of utility acctions, one of which is to open Terminal.  Open Terminal, and after the cursor type:
resetpassword
and press Return.
You then should get a window to select the user, admin in this case, and you then enter the new password twice, do not enter a hint, click Reset and get a window that says Login Password Reset - click OK

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