Mac mini crashed, need help

I installed Leopard on my non-intel mac mini (it has a good processor and 512 ram, so it should work let me know if I am wrong) When I came to see the computer after a few hours, it had a solid blue screen, though the mouse still worked. I restarted it and still, the mouse only thing on the screen. Please help, I have a lot of files that I can not lose...

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