Can I use old laptop drive as USB drive on new laptop

My old, revered, dv1240 laptop gave up the ghost. I'm suspecting a motherboard issue, not a a hard drive issue. I've since purchased a m6-1045dx laptop and was wondering if there was any way I could connect my old laptop drive as a usb drive in an attempt to recover data. I as everyone else swore I would back up tomorrow, Thanks!
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You should be able to use one of these...The specs show your notebook has an IDE drive...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182143
Paul

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