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Rainy Day Auto said

You can take ac harddrive out of a dead computer and connect it as an external to another computer, as long as the harddrive itself is not the reason the computer died

They have SATA to USB cables on Ebay for dirt cheap that also have power connector

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Yep, posted that above and with the cable you don't even have to take the HD out.
Just connect the cable while it's in the computer and let it's power supply power up the drive.
The power adapter that comes with some of the cables is nice in case you just have a bare HD out of a computer and want to connect it to a laptop.