Use desktop PC's hard drive with my laptop

[tzvii]

My desktop computer's mobo just died, and I have a new one on order. But I hate the wait, and am wondering if it is possible to use my hard drive from that computer with my laptop easily? Could someone post how?

 

[jspot]

well if you just want to access the data on the hard drive then you can buy a cheap external harddrive case that you can connect to your laptop via USB/Firewire port.

 

[rampage2603]

Yeah, an external USB case would be the easiest way. They quite cheap and simple enough to use.

 

[kmote]

if he has the time to wait for an external HDD caddy then he has the time to wait for a new mobo
i would just put the hard drive in another Desktop computer and access the files over the network