Start up internal HD is almost full message - won't boot up completely

It boots up past the apple and the spinning wheel but then stops. It gives options to restart but it again does not fully boot up after restarting. I have used the Snow Leopard disk as start up and repaired permissions and hard disk - no problems there. Indeed the HD is practically full with only a few mbs left. I have a new external drive, but I cannot switch files to it from the HD because the internal HD doesn't boot. Grateful for advice on procedure to follow to correct this problem.

1. Perhaps boot from the OS install CD and get access to the drive so you can copy.
2. Buy a new compatible 1TB HD for about $116 from Amazon, install the OS, put your old drive in a cheap external drive exclosure and copy the files you want. Then you have a TB to play with and another external drive.
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