Accessing a HDD from a laptop

[Serious George]

Hi,

An old desktop I have recently went kapoot on me (the graphics card) and as of now I have no display on that. Is there a way can connect up my laptop to the harddrives of my PC so I can get the data I need from them?

Thanks in advance.

[fatality_uk]

A lot of PC stores have HDD cradles, usually USB connectivity. They come in both IDE & SATA. Usually about £25 so quite cheap.

[Phrea]

You can do that with an external USB hdd enclosure.
Not the cheapest solution, but it will surely work.

You can also get a cheap video card for the computer, lend one from somebody or even get one second hand.

[cguy]

If you have SATA drives you can swap them with the laptop's hdd (the connectors fit) and save what you need on a Flash drive / CD / etc.

[Morbius1]

When my wife bought a few things from OWC for her MacBook I noticed one of these on their website. I have no idea how well they work but it looks kind of interesting:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/