Weekend Sadness

So, my computer decided to rebel. Saturday morning I logged into my computer and all my preferences were gone. My documents and files were there (thank goodness) but all my settings were not. I even had to reload all my files back into iTunes. So, I work on it, and have a lot of my preferences back to where I like them. Then, I had to go to work. So, I shut down my computer. Sunday afternoon I load up my computer to find out that all my preferences were gone again. Along with my files. Now I was freaking out. I did some searches and found a probable cause. But, I needed my files. I downloaded some programs that searched for them, but they found nothing. I eventually turned on hidden files (so I could see them) and found my files in a sparceimage (I'm still not quite certain what that is, or why they were there, but I'm glad that I found them). I decided to just wipe my drive clean and start over. So, I backed up my oh-so-important files to an external drive and wiped my drive clean. Then I reinstalled my Operating System, brought my files back, and my computer is working beautifully. Let's just hope it stays that way!