IPhone 4 update has killed my MacBook!

After updating my software two days ago, the administrator account on my 13" Aluminum MacBook has not worked. It works for 5-10 seconds after login and then totally freezes and doesn't recognise any change in status such as the removal of the power source or the plugin of my iPhone. I am positive that it was the update that caused this problem, as I have not updated the software on the other user account on my laptop, and that works perfectly fine.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, how can it be fixed?
I called Apple Support yesterday before I realised that my secondary account was still working, and we established that there was no problem with the hard drive, but we were unable to get into "safe mode". The only advice the tech could give me was to find my startup discs and take it to an Apple store and call back in.
Now that I have more information, and am able to actually use most of the computer, I'm starting to think there may be an easier solution?
Thanks!

I don't suppose you have access to another Mac?
Safe Mode failing to work could be a sign of more serious troubles.
Did you get to the login window for Safe Mode?
As for getting at your data, you may be able to enable the root account and work with your other files.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528
I've never used root in OS X, but what you could do to save your data is login to the root account, then move the data from the broken user account to the Shared folder (this is within Macintosh HD>Users). Once you've moved the data you need to the Shared folder, log out of the root account and into the other working user. From there, you can move the data out of the Shared folder and into the new user account.
I'm not absolutely certain about my steps above, so let me know if you have troubles.
~Lyssa

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