If you don't mind the expense, try something like this:
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php
Hi all, my laptop recently went to that great junk yard in the sky! The hard drive on the laptop has got all my photos, music, documents etcc... how do I get all that stuff onto my new laptop?
I don't want to transfer over the whole drive, no need to copy over the old o/s, as the new laptop has that.
I really just want the photos, docs etcc....
the old hard drive is not damaged, any help would be really appreciated, Thanks very much

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