My macbook  downloaded osx mavericks my files are gone help

Today I downloaded the new operating system osx maverick on my macbook pro.
I can no longer access any of my files.  My desktop is empty my
it is telling me I do not have permission to see contents
I tried loging in to both accounts on this computer but both are empty no files
My wife downloaded the same operating system on her IMAC 27" working ok so far
how do I get my files back?

Hey artistonline,
If you go to  > About This Mac > More Info > Storage what do you see? Does it appear that your hard drive is empty? If you have a Time Machine Backup you can restore from it, or manually migrate your files back.

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