Restart in Recovery Mode- will I be able to recover my data?

Hi,
My MacbookPro shuts off in the middle of booting up- it was suggested that I should restrat it in recovery mode. However, I have some files in tehre that I have not been able to back up and I need them- will restarting in recovery mode delete my data from my computer?
Thanks

No, it won't, although if you don't have a current backup, use the Disk Utility available in Recovery to make a New Disk Image of the folder(s) that you are concerned about, or the entire disk... to an external drive.

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