Menus are stored in wp_options. Sounds like the database is toast. Do you have a backup? No? Does the web host have a backup? Ask them.
If the database is toast and the web host doesn’t have a backup, unfortunately it’s a hard lesson about making sure you have your own backups. Always have a database – and preferably a theme and uploads backup – at all times. Pick a backup plugin and use it:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=backup
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Odd though – the only table that had the failure was wp_posts.
The gods of MySQL work in mysterious ways unknown to mortals.