Upgraded to Yosemite and all my files are gone

I upgraded to Yosemite on my Macbook pro and once it restarted after the install, my desktop was empty and all my documents are gone.
I do have a time machine backup on an external drive but I am hesitant to connect it for fear of losing overriding that data too.
I did get an error that the library need to be repaired so I am wondering if the update did not process correctly

I'm seeing a lot of activity about this on other forums about like this one: "
Mail index damaged after yosemite upgrade"
I'm betting I'm seeing the same problem. Should I try this?:
Try re-indexing and rebuilding the mailbox:
http://macdailynews.com/2014/04/25/how-to-fix-apple-mail-by-rebuilding-and-reind exing-the-mailbox/

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Hello Dear
I have a problem, my laptop
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Microsoft is gone. The Word, Power point and excel in short all are gone. And also my
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“________ ___ ___ for new user” and they signing for new account! And I have no choice so I create new account then when it’s done I realize all my files are gone. The only still have is
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PLEASE!! PLEASE !!

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Stop using that disk.
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kabb30 wrote:
i used time machine,
Ok, check
now my drive has failed
Which one, the TM drive or the internal boot drive?
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I'm thinking here your internal drive failed? Was it replaced?
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We need more details of your situation please.

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iTunes
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