Problem with reinstalling Tiger

I wanted to reinstall Tiger with X11, so I put in the disk and started the installation process. I went through the part where it asked if I wanted to save my home files and whatnot, and of course I said yes. However, a few seconds after the installation began, I wanted to cancel it. So I quit and tried to reboot to my regular Tiger on my Hard Drive. However, it didn't do this. Instead, I was taken to the installation setup again. At this point I figured the only way I could get back was to reinstall Tiger. However, it didn't give me the option of saving all my home files, so I selected the option that said "install tiger for the first time." When it was finished, my computer looked as though it had been wiped and I had lost everything. Fortunately, my applications were all still in the applications folder, and my old home folder was saved under a folder in my HD called Previous Systems.
My question is: is there some way to restore my home folder, because right now I have my official home folder, maxlivingston, and within that, another folder (the one with all my stuff), named maxlivingston. Additionally, is there a way to restore all my old preferences and stuff.
Oh, and one more question. Before, the Terminal shell was tcsh, now it's bash. Is this because I installed X11?

Well, all I can say is you sure went about things the hard way. X11 can be installed separately and doesn't require reinstalling OS X. Furthermore, you never, ever, abandon an installation that's under way. Bash is your shell because that's the default shell used by OS X. You would have changed your shell to tcsh.
As for your Home folder this article may help: How to get files from a previous home directory after Archive and Install.

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[Sat Jul 27 14:12:13 2013] *-*-*-*-*-*- :: END :: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
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[Sat Jul 27 14:12:13 2013] *-*-*-*-*-*-* ::START:: - SUMMARY OF ERRORS *-*-*-*-*-*-*
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args {object}: [object Object]
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