HELP! Restarted while running windows setup! No MacOS when rebooted.

I have almost the same problem as this one (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8248433). I partitioned my 230G HD. I partitioned 32G for my windows. I've done boot camp before and everything went well. but i uninstalled it because I wanted more space. and now i ant it back. So i ran bootcamp to reinstall windows.
There was the setup.. but when it made me choose which partition to format, it only showed me one partition. And i first thought that it was big for a windows partition. But I clicked format anyway. It was about 6% when I felt that something was really wrong. so i restarted it in the hopes of going back to my mac os. BUT, when i restarted and held down control, the only things that are showing are the windows CD and the windows 'partition'! NO MAC OS!
I was confident in running bootcamp because i already did it countless times before! i did not expect this to happen NOW! Just when the school year was about to end! HELP! ALL MY FILES ARE IN HERE! I feel that I still have hope. because only 6% was reformatted. PLEASEEEEEE. HELP!

I am a person with zero technical understanding of OS X but - on the opposite hand - have blundered my way successfully through a lot of problems.
I see you have already used BC successfully once and so you have good experience there. I cannot comment on the extra large partition mystery you encountered, but I understand that you DID use BC to initiate a 2nd install of Windows, correct? And while installing Windows, Windows had you choose a partition but offered limited selection, correct? That is it only showed you one instead of the usual 2 (or is it 3? - I forget but it seems to me there is a 3rd partition of very small size required by the computer but that is of no consequence here...) In any case what we have was a suspicious start of a Windows install which was aborted 6% in.
I'm pretty sure the "damage" would have to be confined to a small part of the hard drive data. Your files are still there - you are scared of losing your Mac data (not Windows data) correct? On these boards there are a few individuals who purchased software that is very successful at saving files from a doomed Mac hard drive - just do a search here to get the name of that software.
But first - why not try something very simple and obvious. Boot to your Apple install disk (re-start with the Leopard DVD in and hold down the option key) and when the tool bar loads (I think after you choose which language you intend to use) mouse-over the toolbar options and click the Start Disk function JUST TO SEE if MAYBE your Mac install can be 'seen' (and started) from there.
If the above trick fails - another potential remedy may be had from Disk Utility and perhaps some sort of repair can be done from there....
I invite anyone with better knowledge to chime in here - I don't know anything about repairs from Disk Utility, esp. whether or not experimenting here would be dangerous or damaging to data....
Good Luck
PS - one final "remote" idea - some people obtain a Linux trial boot disk. It is a Linux OS on a DVD which - legend has it - can boot from your DVD drive and access files on your Mac install. Again - I have no practical knowledge on how this is done. Try Google I guess...

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