Reddit reviews HDE USB 2.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure Case Supports 2.5-inch IDE/PATA Drives Up To 500GB (Blue)
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New Ultra Slim Aluminum External Hard Drive CaseSupport 2.5" IDE Hard Drives 40~500GBFast Data/File Access and Transfer Rate up to 480MB/sUSB 2.0 to IDECompatible with IDE hard drives, not SATA (see below)
Pretty standard IDE interface. Take the adapters off to expose the pins. Then you can hook them up by SATA with something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/231011049271?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Or USB with an enclosure like this: https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Aluminum-External-Enclosure-Capacity/dp/B000XPS3U6
Your post is a little confusing. Are you trying to use the Operating system on your dead laptops hard drive? That wont be possible because it has different system drivers, etc etc. Best thing you can do is plug it as a Slave hard drive (if IDE) or as another SATA hard drive internally. If you dont want to do all that because you either dont know how to or dont want to they sell enclosures that you can place the type of hard drive you have inside of it to access the data.
IDE ENCLOSURE LINK (only 5 dollars wow):
http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Aluminum-External-Enclosure-Capacity/dp/B000XPS3U6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341292741&sr=8-1&keywords=2.5+ide+hard+drive+enclosure
SATA ENCLOSURE LINK (only 11 dollars wow):
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341292753&sr=1-1&keywords=2.5+sata+hard+drive+enclosure
/u/Aaronf989 - the linked adapter is all you'll need; I own this and use it for what you're trying to accomplish.
What you have is a standard IDE adaptor (3.5mm desktop HDDs) - the larger of the 3 connectors on the linked one. the reverse side has the micro 44 pin IDE that you're seeking..
OR
you grab a cheap USB enclosure (https://www.amazon.ca/Drive-Aluminum-External-Enclosure-Capacity/dp/B000XPS3U6) and use the drive as a storage device.