Yeah man I got everything back, pictures, music, documents, the works. Let me tell you that was THE sigh of relief. I just had to manually place each file/folder back where it was originally, which was a pain, but at least it worked.
The startup problems remain, but for now I'll just live with it (I rarely reset/turn off my comp anyways). But I will be looking through Google, seeing what I can find.
And thanks again for all your help. I'll be around.