How to i retrieve files from a broken mac

hey cool cats,
my macbook from late 2010 is a bit buggered. I have had a look online, but I can't seem to find quite what I'm after. when I turn it on, I get the grey screen/apple symbol screen, and it will turn off after ten seconds or so. it was lagging quite a bit before that, I was trying to back up all my files but it didn't work (of course) and then it just crashed. I've run the verify/repair disk options on disk utility, and have determined that I have an invalid node structure. I'm fine with deleting and re-installing everything, but I just want to recover some files first. any suggestions on how to do this would be super cool.

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You can remove the drive to an external enclosure for access on another Mac. Or if you have another Mac nearby you may be able to connect the two via Firewire cable and use Target Disk Mode - Transferring files between two computers using FireWire - to transfer your data.
If you happen to have a bootable backup of the hard drive, then you can boot the computer from the backup and recover you files.

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