After upgrade from leopard to lion, all data is lost. Help!

i upgraded leopard (snow, think) lion. iphoto, aperture, , itunes empty, documents. need transfer files? thought automatically transfer.

 

how did upgrade?
have backup?
have looked @ pictures , music folders see, if data still in there?

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