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My MacBook Pro froze up earlier today -- the screen was completely frozen. So, I held down the power button to reboot. When it rebooted, the login screen came up fine, but it won't let me login -- keeps giving me the "wrong password" shake. I thought the login password had somehow become corrupted, so I booted from the CD and went into the "Reset Password" tool. Problem is: there are no users listed -- my login name (srrodger) is gone. The only user listed is the System Administrator (root), and the help documents in the support section say not to touch that one.
I have a backup of the data, so I'm not all that concerned about losing something. But, how can I login to the machine? It appears to me there are no users on the machine.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks a ton for the quick response. Steps 1 and 2 did not work, so I followed steps 1 and 3. I then re-created the user (srrodger), using the same password. That worked and I am able to login. All of the apps are there, but I cannot access the Documents or Library folders. The only user name on the system is srrodger, but when I go into \Users\srrodger\ and try to access those folders, I get the message: "The folder 'Documents' could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges."
I have repaired permissions, and also ran Disk Warrior. Neither fixed the problem. Any suggestions?
Thanks again.

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