A "thermal event" disabled the motherboard of my 5-year-old Dell Optiplex ///gx270T. Hard drive is OK, and my life is on it. I've ordered a Dell Inspiron 530 to replace the CPU--both the Optiplex and the Inspiron run Windows XP Professional.
How can I salvage the hard drive from the Optiplex? Can it be installed as a secondary in the Inspiron? Repackaged as an external HD?
thanks
ljcb