IMac switched on today with Black screen & Cursor!

My daughter used her iMac last night 24/05/14 and when it was turned on today, it booted, screen went black and the cursor was visable.
I have tried safe mode but it does exactly the same..  We can not back up the data but she has lots on the hard drive?
If I reinstall using the original discs, will it give me the option to keep this partition and install on a new one so I can access the data later?

Ok, riddle solved: multiple hardware failure. It couldn't be fixed, so apple called immediatly and offered a new imac, new model as well, so I'm happy (if the new one works ). Must have been quite a tricky case, but I can't complain as i got a really good support during the time.
Hopefully the new one will arrive within the next week.

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