My 2010 Macbook Pro display is distorted upon startup and I can't login or see apple icon/progress bar. How do I go about fixing it? Thanks.

I have a 17" MAcbook Pro purchased late 2010. Recently has developed some display problems, y'day ran in safe mode and it fixed it and I was able to login etc., This morning when I boot up, it shows display distorted and I can't see apple logo or progress bar etc., and am unable ot login. I need to atleast be able to recover my files before I give it for fixing (if it needs to be repaired). Any steps you folks recommend for me to run? Any diagnostics or other tips? If I run safe mode, it seems to hang after a while and it is hard to read the screen to know exactly where it is stuck.....as the display has problems.
Thanks for your help.

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Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.fitbit.galileod.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
    [failed]    com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    UNKNOWN Hidden (missing value)
    Firefox    Application (/Applications/Firefox.app)
    Dropbox    Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper    Application (/Applications/Fitbit Connect.app/Contents/MacOS/Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper.app)
    LexmarkNetworkServices    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Lexmark/LexmarkNetworkServices.app)
    7600 Series Button Monitor    Application Hidden (/Library/Application Support/Lexmark/7600 Series Scanner.bundle/Contents/SharedSupport/7600 Series Button Monitor.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Check version
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 [Click for support]
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.6.6
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Flash Player [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
         4%    WindowServer
         3%    Finder
         2%    hidd
         0%    ps
         0%    Fitbit Connect Menubar Helper
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    765 MB    firefox
    150 MB    Mail
    116 MB    Finder
    86 MB    mds
    77 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    577 MB    Free RAM
    1.41 GB    Active RAM
    1.55 GB    Inactive RAM
    621 MB    Wired RAM
    463 MB    Page-ins
    156 KB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Mar 28, 2015, 07:28:57 AM    Self test - passed
    Mar 26, 2015, 08:20:29 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/plugin-container_2015-03-26-08 2029_[redacted].crash

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Bottom line: you need at least 8GB of RAM or an SSD. Both are better. In the meantime run as lean a machine as possible. MacKeeper is a waste of money no matter what anyone might tell you. At best it is not necessary and is a waste of money.

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