Welcome screen after reboot

Something very strang appen to me.
After using my MBP 15" normaly I rebooted, and now is showing me the welcome screen in lion, asking to choose the language etc.
Is my stuff gone? This can't be normal.

I will see that later today. Thanks
But I'm wondering how is that possible without entering in preferences and without hitting the alt key on boot.
I will see that and then report.
Thanks again

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> Satellite A100-590 PSAA9E freezes on Toshiba welcome screen after BIOS update
What to say Marc. It looks like you have used a wrong BIOS version or you have updated the BIOS in wrong way.
You could try to access the BIOS and try to set the settings to default.
Dont forget to save the settings if you will exit the BIOS.
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