HELP! laptop wont load past Welcome and warranty out

I have an HP Pavilion g6 with Windows 7 Home OS. I have no repair disc/install disk as I bought it brand new with the OS already installed and ready to use.  I bought it in Fall 2011, so my warranty is out and I can't get help from Tech because they want to charge me just to talk to me over the phone without a warranty. 
My laptop will load until the Welcome screen, and I have seen many posts already about this issue, however they are all able to load in Safe Mode and/or still have their warranty. I cannot load in Safe Mode. System Tune-up will not complete, stops halfway through as Failed, Startup and Run-in tests also fail. I already had problems back in March this year and had to restore to factory settings.  
What boggles me most, is it was working fine until 2 a.m. this morning, when i stopped playing Fallout NV - was offline, have not connected it to internet for some months now. However, after the game I unplugged my laptop and took it upstairs and plugged it in in my room, and since then it hasn't worked. I can get to the boot options (Esc, F2, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12), but unable to do system repair due to no disc, and even though when I restored it to factory settings in March and made sure to do a Restore point at that time, the OS is not finding that restore point at all. It is not acknowledging any external hard drives I attach so I can do a new restore point. I don't want to just lose my photos - they are the only photos I have of my children (i think this is why most of us don't want to just restore to factory settings all over again).
Is there any way to do get it up and running again without losing literally EVERYTHING? I don't give a crap about the games or apps, those can all be installed from Steam later on again. But i don't want to lose my photos and baby vids and documents.
Thanks in advance,
Ree

Hi Ree,
Here are a couple of methods you could try to back-up your existing data.
1.  One possible way to try and retrieve your files from a non-booting drive is to follow the process detailed in the link below.  The Ubuntu operating system CD you create can run from the CD alone ( ie it doesn't have to install on the Hard Drive ) and I've often found it to be successful in retrieving data even from a failing Hard Drive.  When you've created the CD, follow the instructions and see if you can back up your existing files. 
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/use-u​buntu-live-cd-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-windo​...
2.  Another option would be to remove the HDD, place it in an external caddy - an example is on the link below - connect this to another PC and see if you can access your files.
External HDD Caddy 2.5".
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