MacBook dead after update to 10.8.1

Hi
My config: MacBook 6,1 with OS X: 10.8.0 - Language: German. The installations is fresh and only a few days old....
Today, I've notived that 10.8.1 is available, so I've decided to install it with the following procedure:
Hit 'Update' in Mac AppStore
Shutdown MacBook over Shutdown-window
MB asked to install update before shut down, I've hit Install & Shutdown
MacBook updated OSX and turned off.
I've booted it up:
boot-time was extremely long! The Apple icon and loading image remained very long and the cpu-cooler started with high-speed :/
After a few minutes, the Weclome screen appears (??!!??) (the screen with first-time setup) and asked me to enter a AppleId to continue. At this point both, the mouse and keyboard are disabled!
I was forced to hard-reset my MacBook
After the next boot, the Mac remaining on the Apple-Screen with loading-image, cpu-cooler at high-speed.
Now, I've tried to got into the Service-partition (CMD+R) bt the Mac remain on the Loading-screen, too.
Iam only able to boot into my BootCamp partition.
With these facts, it seems, that the update crashed my installation.
I backup all my data now, but I want to know if someone else have this issue? Maybe some hint to get the system woking again?
Some ideas?!
Thanks!

i booted into target disk mode, repaired permissions and the disk using another mac. re-booted. same thing - hang on the startup with the apple logo.
then i got my other mac, downloaded the mountain lion install (which ended up being 10.8.1). i created a bootable USB installation of mountain lion. then installed over top of the prior OS.
this seemed to clear everything up. (but oddly i did have to re-install the java runtime again.)
so while i didn't have to do a full re-install, and don't appear to have lost any data, i did have to spend a whole day on this.
like you, hopefully this is the last time an apple update crashes my system.

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