Star up disk full on Macbook Pro

I recently got a Pro and merged some files from my iMac onto it. I woke up the next day to turn on my laptop after letting the merging go through and now it says my start up disk is full and to empty it but after I click okay then the screen is completely grey and I can only see the mouse curser move around. How do I delete the files that I merged if my screen doesnt work?

http://www.macworld.com/article/1160887/targetdiskmodethunderbolt.html if you don't have built-in Firewire, but just have Thunderbolt.

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http://www.hardmac.com/news/2009/07/13/stop-the-beeps-with-the-7200-rpm-hard-dis ks-of-the-macbook-pro
Stop the beeps with the 7200 rpm hard disks of the MacBook Pro
from HardMac.com by [email protected] (Lionel)
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