How to approach a Macbook pro without screen

I own a Macbook pro early 2008 with the well known Nvdia issue (black screen). Apple didn't want to repair it under the special program (Apple user since early 90's) so I went to a specialized company to reball the chip. Worked very well but not for a long time. But the problem came back, so again I have the black screen. I don't want to spent any money anymore on this terrible (but very expensive) product (and even any more on any Apple product).
The Mac does start up and I can see it in my home network. But how to retrieve the data without a screen. I didn't switch on the possibility for sharing so that's no option. What are the possibilities to retrieve data from the hard disk.

Two ways.
1) If you can access it from your network just copy the data over to one of your other computer hard drives. That is if you ever setup sharing and can get to that data over the network.
2) Take the drive out and connect it to another Apple computer, or a Windows computer that has a special program installed to read Mac formatted drives, and copy the data over. you will need a SATA to USB adapter or enclosure to do that. I suggest the adapter as they are more flexable for other things.
You can also use that hard drive in another system if you chose to. That is after you copy your data off it. All you have to do is format it for Windows.

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