How to recover previous system?

Hi All,
I need some help with Mac OS X. During a process to reinstall Mac OS I lost my previous system folder. Any help tips how to recover my lost data would be greatly appreciated.
While I was reinstalling the OS X I picked option to archive the old system and I was able to see the folder named "previous system" but this folder disappeared after the software update. Now that folder looks like a developer folder with a hammer. I think that my data is still there and I just don't know how to recover it.
In my past life I was a PC, Now a Mac & a little lost.
Thank You
Guava
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Guava101 wrote:
Yes, I installed Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.6. When I installed it from my DVD, it gave me an option to archive and continue,
no, something is wrong here. snow leopard installer doesn't give you any such options. no kind of snow leopard install could possibly create a previous systems folder. and it would keep your data directly not in any such folder. I suspect installed leopard. go to apple menu->about this mac. what os x version does it say you have. also, it seems clear from your post that you don't back up. is this right?
which I did and later on I found my previous system in a folder. After a few days I used software updates from apple website and my previous system folder got replaced by a developer folder with a pic of a hammer.
All of my documents and pictures disappeared. Also, my iWork is gone. I am not reinstalling the iWork until I get some feedback from this forum.
Thank you
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