I'm about to upgrade soon, but there are some important files on this laptop that I really need. Here's my problem:

When I boot up it takes a really long time, then I'm unable to open any applications, but I can get the task manager up and looking at the processes running I don't see anything bad. Everything is very slow. I used to use this computer a ton for a lot of heavy stuff like video editing, do you think it's just gotten worn out? How do you suggest I get my files?