Whole Computer Crashed!!!! What SHOULD I DOOOOOO?????

Question

I turned my computer on today and nothing was there!!! All of my music was gone and all of my photos were gone!!!! I checked the Pictures folder and there was nothing there, same with the music. I there anything that i can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Johnathon
PS. My computer is a Intel Mac Mini with a 1.66 GHZ Duo processor and 512 MB of RAM

Answer 1

Odds are that you renamed your Home folder (the one with the House icon).
If so, you can get your stuff back by restoring the Home folder's name, by following these steps:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854
"Before you assume that the home directory contents were actually lost, check the /Users folder to see if the missing home directory is present and simply renamed.
If you determine that the home directory is present but renamed, follow these steps:
1. In the Finder, go to the /Users folder. (It's inside your Macintosh HD icon.)
2. Locate the new home directory, which bears the users' short name.
3. Add "_new" to the new home directory's name.
4. Rename the old home directory to the user's correct short name.
5. Log out and back in with the affected user account. "
Larry, if these directions aren't clear to you, please ask us for more help.