Deleted my fstab file

I ran pacdiff a few days ago (I think that was the command) and it offered to replace a bunch of system files including /etc/passwd and /etc/groups
I figured out that I had kicked myself out of my groups and I no longer had a home directory (with all my data!) but I figured out what to do and I fixed both of those and manually checked the files so everything seemed OK. I also fixed the pacman conf file.
Then I rebooted and my home directory didn't exist. So I logged in as root and NOTHING exists. The entire file system was read only.
I started freaking out--I lost my home with all my files and my system is trashed. I was sweating bullets.
Then I figured out that something I did had deleted my /etc/fstab. I whipped out the ArchLinux Installation Guide and rebuilt that file and rebooted and everything is just fine now.
I just wanted to share about what an idiot I can be sometimes, that's all.
Thank you.

Oh, I tried this also when I was freaking out, but it didn't help:
$ tail -500 /var/log/pacman.log | grep new
[2013-03-16 20:37] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
[2013-03-18 16:02] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
[2013-03-19 20:22] warning: /etc/colord.conf installed as /etc/colord.conf.pacnew
[2013-03-21 02:41] warning: /etc/php/php.ini installed as /etc/php/php.ini.pacnew
[2013-03-23 23:11] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2013-04-04 14:22] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
[2013-04-07 17:36] warning: /etc/pacman.conf installed as /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew
[2013-04-09 15:05] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
Doesn't mention fstab nor passwd nor groups.

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