MacBook Pro. 10.4.10. All user settings lost after reboot.

[jmartinezclark]

I just rebooted my computer (MacBook Pro) running 10.4.10 and noticed that the look, setting and behavior of my dock were not the same I had before, and it was even missing some of the applications I had. I tried to run Mail and I got the New Account screen asking me to create one, as if I had never used Mail before. I also tried to use some other applications and it was like it were the first time I ran them. Apparently all my user settings are lost.

This is the second time this happens to me in about 3 months. What is going one here? How do I get my user settings back?

Please help. Thank you!!!

Julio