I have a broken screen on my 2008 MacBook, I want to access the hard drive what are my options?

1. Connect an external monitor. If everything else is working fine on the MacBook, you'll have full access to your computer. Or

2. If the MacBook has a FireWire port, use Target Disk Mode (http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1661) to mount the HDD and then copy the files to the second Mac. Or

3. Remove the HDD, put it in a $20 USB caddy, and connect it to another Mac for file-retrieval.

By the way, this forum is devoted to vintage Classic operating systems that Apple retired over a decade ago. More people will see your posts if you put them in a forum devoted to your particular level of OS X (Leopard or above for a 2008 MacBook).

I asked the Hosts to move it to the correct forum.