How to extract files from a dead pi? (Solved)

[irishwill2008]

My pi just gave in and wont turn on now and i bought a pi 3 as my old is pi 1 and i need the files i edited to make it work with the new pi but how do i access the files if i dont have the original pi? I tried putting my SD card into the pi 3 but wont boot as different structure i guess?
Any ideas how to retrieve the files?
Thanks!

[hondagx35]

[waves]

Windows users can access the data on the SD card with the help of special software that can read ext4 linux filesystems. Paragon ExtFS for Windows (free trial) worked for me. But there also other programs that does the same thing.