if you still need to access stuff off your old hard drive, you can buy a USB hard drive adapter. it'll let you hook up your HD to your comp by USB and read it like if were a flash drive or external HD.
they run pretty cheap, ive got this $20 one:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3770
just thought id let you know, if it were still a problem.
Both my computers are dead.
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