When installed LION I lost all MS Office Docs, iTunes, iPhoto and ???

I lost all my docs and it unauthorized me on old files and shot them deep into the bowels of the hard drive. Did Lion totally screw up my computer during install or can it re configured. My documents no longer has documents. iTunes comes up with none of my 300+ songs and 30 movies. iPhoto lost 7,000 photos.
HELP!

Well, its on my LaCie external Harddrive that will not work on LION! Thats where. I tried rebooting into 32 mode and I got into it but LaCie still did not work. SOOOOOO I have no back up at this time.

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Have you verified that the original files are missing from the Originals/Masters folder? There are time when the library might appear empty due to a damaged database file but still has the files. If you can open the library package via the Finder to see if the files are really missing or just can't be seen by iPhoto there are fixes you can try.
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Fix #1
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Click on the Create button.
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Greetings,
While my G5 was in sleep mode, somehow it logged me out. When I logged back in, the generic/original screen pic appeared, an open (raised) doc void of all the icons I put in it, all email (both .mac and AOL)--even the trash was emptied! I MAY have moved my 'home' directory but thought I put it back into the Users folder (there's a folder for deleted users, with a same 'home' name, which out of confusion I may've inadvertantly switched--and then tried to switch back). I booted Utils from orig. CD and ran diag's but nothing was in need of repair. This happened out of the blue--recently I've been desperately trying to move essential settings (plists?) and old mail from one computer to another (as I need to sell one and want to synch all data before I erase the HD on the G5 I'm going to sell--IF--I can ever get back to where I was before I lost all my pref's. Even my desktop files are gone (but are in a library under the old user name). ANY way I can get things back AND consolidate all my mail, photos etc so I can have one up-to-date system? For years now I've had nothing but praise for OSX as it always works flawlessly, but, as 'Murphy' as it, when I screw things up, I do it in a way that's beyond comprehension! I can't even log into my AOL email as AOL's prompting me to set up the whole program as though I never used it... ANY help will be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks,
Ken

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the speedy reply. I followed the steps outlined in 106854 (saw the two but mistakingly presumed they were dupes of each other). After "enabling the root user" in the Security menu in Netinfo Mgr, which didn't work, I then realized I missed reading 107854 which speaks to OSX 10.3 or later.
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I live in an area where there are zero Mac stores/repair shops but luckily had a number of someone who was trying to set up a shop a couple years ago--I called and his wife said they've got things in full swing now, and even make house calls. After talking to this guy (he's too busy to come tomy home) we figured I'd bring in the Tower to his shop to see if he can get things back to where they were--probably best before I add ANY further 'layers' of screwups, making things even worse.
I really appreciate your getting back to me so quickly, and I'd started this response last night but didn't send it off until I reread the other links in your kind response! Things like this always seem to happen when you need your system the most--and I'm trying to get all the data moved over to my old 733 Quicksilver so I can sell the Dual 2.7 along with a 30" HD display before it loses any further value on the market. Heck, I'm about to look into a Mini in order to have something both new and affordable and not have to switch files around, especially with having the old 733 as my only primary system; I have boatloads of costly stuff I desperately need to dump onto eBay, and the sooner the better (I'm one of those who've been caught up in that 'real estate bubble' and need to drastically rearrange my financial picture--all while on a fixed, early retirement; add all that up, and it spells 'stress' in caps!
Thanks again Mike. Even tho it's costly going the route of having a pro-tech type straighten things out I figure I may be miles ahead, plus, hopefully haven't lost any data.
BEST Regards!
Ken Klinger
(direct email: KenRK@aol) seeing I may have problems accessing my Mac acct.

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By the way, I posted the above comment a few minutes ago trying to inform you of this problem, but APPLE DELETED IT!!!
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Dear Bryan (Bryan Crow), Apple removed your post titled "Re: When installing lion would my windows partition be removed?" because it contained the following: Off-topic or non-technical posts
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Our terms of use, which include helpful information about using Apple Support Communities, is located here: https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/tou.html. We encourage you to continue using the Apple Support Communities while abiding by our terms of use. We are including a copy of your post at the end of this email for your reference. If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection here: http://www.apple.com/feedback As part of submitting feedback, please read the Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy linked to the feedback page. Best Regards,
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