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Hey now they are right and if you can get into safe mode (tap F8 when powering up) load the drivers for the machine from a stick. Now safe mode itself may need a login password but if you know it then you should be able to type it in and login.
Once in although you have no mouse or touch pad control you should be able to move from Start (Windows button) and using the arrows keys to get to where you want to, find the stick and click enter and arrow key to the driver you want.
Another way might be to do this
BOOTABLE UBUNTU
Make a bootable Ubuntu disk http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Set the BIOS to boot from theoptical when the machine boots it will show you a screen with TRY or INSTALL> select TRYnot INSTALL
When it is finished - it takes verylittle time you will get a screen like in the pic .
Open the drive you want > Userand dig down until you get to the data / settings you may be able to copy /paste the material you want to an external source or other installed drive doingthis.
I am not sure if it will but I haverecovered tons of data etc using this method both on "dead" or justplain drives that you cannot get data from using Windows.
You will be able to move around inside this OS and install drivers from the stick that will be listed in drives to the C: drive and the Ubuntu works completely independently of Windows. But make sure you only use TRY not INSTALL