Macbook Pro won't open any files, safari or app store

Hi, last night my macbook (15-inch, Late 2008) froze completely and wouldn't let me turn off or restart, so I had to wait until the battery ran out to reboot. When i rebooted it seemed the macbook had completely reset , all my files are all grouped under "all my files" instead of their designated folder, and the image of each file (e.g. usually a note if a song) had gone.
When trying to open a file it does not let me, the same goes for a few applications including Safari, App Store and programs i had bought previously.

This is what your problem is.  You have received a MBP that has all of the App store applications registered under the sellers name.
You should have received the MBP with the original OSX disks so that you could set it up in your name and with your ID.  Ask the seller if he has the original disks and a Snow Leopard retail disk.  (10.6.8 is needed to install Lion, Mt. Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite)
If not, you will have to at the very least purchase a Snow Leopard disk from the Apple online store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
You will have to install Snow Leopard and then run software update to upgrade it to 10.6.8.
If you connect a HDD to your MBP via USB, with this disk, you can install Snow Leopard on the external HDD.
Ciao.

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