Trucker

My problem is my old pc has a lot of photos & music which i want to put on my laptop but i can only turn on the PC which has some viruses , worms etc but i can't put my files on disc or use the usb's as the pc error is something like " adminster system " & i can't allow the control panel to work , if i could by a lead or hard drive to transfer i would , can anyone help or have any ideas ?