Retrieve files from MAC BOOK HD

Hello,
Could anyone refer me to some instructions for recovering some files from a MAC BOOK Hard Drive? The laptop will no longer start up after Installed some updates. When it boots up it reverts to a UNIX style command prompt. Before it gets to this point it gives notices of airport driver not found.
Is it possible to use my PC to get the files off the MAC hard drive?

as far as I know, pc's are unable to read HFS+ filesystems, just as OS X cannot write to NTFS without third party hacks. you can get an external enclosure and hook it up to another mac though.

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