Unable to open/run anything on Mac Book Pro

I have a new Mac book Pro (january)
Running:
Snow Leopard
Duo Core 2.66 Processor (13")
4 Gigs Ram
500 gig Harddrive
Disk Partition:
Windows 7
105gigs
OK as the title states, I can not opne anything, programs will not run, I  can not go into folders and only menu I can bring up is when I right click and evne then I can on select any of the options. When I try to open or run anything the mac freezes up sometimes the raindow cursor apperars othertimes the screen just freezes. Also, keyboard bottons work (brightness, volume..dashboard, but agian when it comes up I can't select any gagestes or sticky notes)
I've treid re-boting and nothing, as I'm unable open anything I can't check for updates, uninstall aplliacations, ect..
Also, my windows parition loads up my default when I boot up (not sure why) and I guess its becuase of this I haven't been able to try solutions involving holding specific keys when re-booting.
To sum up, I mac book pro loads proparly, regiesters a USB drive when I plugged it in, as soon as I try to open anything I slows/frezes..rainbow cersur pops up and will not open anything with no messages or anything. Also sometiems everything except my desktop background vanishes off the screen when I double click a folder, application, menu.
I've loaded up windows and that seems to be working as usual. Because I'm in school at the moment I hope I don't wnat have to re-insall OS X, therefore I haven't popoed the OS X disk in as I'm a fraid I might loose my school work.
Lasltly, If I have to re-install the OS how do I get the apps I paid for back without paying of them again?
I tried to describe my situation as best I could,  hopefully it helps.

you can easily get the apps you paid for back without paying again as long as it is with the same account,  there i  a tab in the mac app store that says purchased and you can just go on that tab and press install for the bunch that are there,   to get your OSX partition as your main one go to system prefrenses, under system there will be something called startup disk and then you can switch it to mac OSX   i hope that helped, and for your applications not working i would reinstall OSX because it would install as an upgrade if you want it to and im sure it will keep most of your info and apps

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