Deleted home folder

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So I have an older MacBook 10.4. The backup program would popup every day and I was trying to stop it from reoccurring every single time I turned on my computer. When it popped up I selected the home folder and clicked remove (thinking it would stop the backup process every day) and it deleted my home folder. Now I'm left with no settings and the screen looks like it does with a new user account. All of my files and programs are functional that I've checked (I have all my files backed up on a hard external hard drive as well). Is there any way to restore my home folder back to how it was? I don't think I have a backed up version of the actual home folder. Also, all my music is on my computer but not in iTunes anymore and if I try to put songs back in it it says my hard drive is full. I'm not terribly concerned with losing settings but I need all my music back in iTunes as I DJ. Please help
 
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Have you emptied the trash if no it should be there if yes then I believe its gone.
 
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???? "the backup program" is what? Time Machine?

The Remove button you hit was part of the unnamed program, correct?

In Finder, it is nearly impossible to delete my Home folder (OS 10.5.8).
 

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Somehow I doubt this was done within the Finder. It takes multiple steps and then I believe will only work if there is another administrator account. Here is the way it works in 10.8.2 and I think it has been this way for quite a while.

1. Open System Preferences and select Users and Groups (Accounts). You may be asked for an admin password.
2. Select the account to be deleted and click the - sign.
3. A dialog sheet appears with three choices: save the folder contents to disc image, essentially do nothing, or delete.

As you can see there are safeguards in place so that this does not occur accidentally in Finder. If this was done from within Finder this article might help.
 

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