Mistake while installing OSX ?

MACBOOK PRO 9,1   Intel core i7 2.6 ghz    8gb    OS X 10.9.4 mavericks
Help !?
I'm relatively new to troubleshooting macs. I awoke, after falling asleep while my mac was playing a movie on netflix, to a flashing File folder icon with the ? in it. I attempted to restart it, and it gave me the hanging apple splash screen and the revolving thing just kept on for twn minutes.....this happened a month ago. i restarted in safemode and repaired the disc utility, and then i reset the ram.... that fixed it last time, this time, i may have not did it correctly, not sure. I read online about reinstalling OS X from the hardrive but didn't realize that i needed to be connected to the web to do it, nor did i realize that i have to connect wifi manually, and i started to try the reinstall. needless to say, it stopped half way through and said it couldn't continue the reinstall. Now I'm stuck on the OS X installer screen, and it gives me options to set up installation of OS X or Repair my disc from a backup .
             My question is, since i wasn't connected the first time, to the internet, did i screw up my old files? Did i LOSE anything? Can i Reinstall from here without screwing anything up? WHere do i look for instructions? I'm at a loss because i'm new to macs. I was a PC guy and a builder at that, but i got impatient with this and tried to get ahead of myself. Now im nervously hoping all is not lost . thanks for any help you can give. i realize this may get annoying after a while.

Hey v joseph,
As long as the drive wasn't re-formated/erased, your information should still be on the HDD. When you do a regular re-install of OS X., it only installs the system files (the operating system and the built-in apps). Doing this in recovery would be your best bet. Start the MacBook Pro and immediately hold Command and R. You'll be brought to a screen that will either ask you to select a language or it will bring you to a list of options, one of those being "Reinstall OS X". You definitely need to be connected via Wi-Fi, make sure this connection is made before clicking the Re-install option and hitting continue.
You'll go through some prompts, it'll re-download the latest version of 10.9 (should be 10.9.4) and install it.
Entire process will take close to 2 hours.
My pro-tip for you: Make sure you have a Time Machine backup set up for events like this in the future. Just gives you the added piece of mind in knowing your data is being backed up.

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