My MacBook Pro has gone back to the OS X Setup Assistant page.  HELP!!!

Was using my MacBook Pro this evening and a message came up in about 5 languages telling me I had to restart. I did and now the only thing I can get on the MacBook is the OS X Setup Assistant. How can I get back to all my data, email, photos, life??? Can anyone help?
Message was edited by: markluther

That happened to me recently. I followed the instructions on this support page and it's as good as new:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306998

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