Is it possible to transfer data from a dead macbook pro to a new user account on another macbook pro?

I have killed my 2 months old mbp (water). I have an older mbp (2 years old) that I wish to transfer all data from my dead mbp to. I was hoping that I simply could create a new user on my old mbp and transfer all data to this account using the migration assistant and thereby re-create my dead mbp. Especially I wish to acces my contacts, mail settings and calendar, but would of course prefer to acces all files. I have a thing (do not know the right term) that can read the HD on the dead computer. It is now connected to my mbp, and I can acces data, but the migration assistant do not recognize it. Can someone please help me?
Thanks...

It's possible that the water caused your hard drive directory to be corrupted when the logic board shorted out. You may want to try repairing the now-external drive with Disk Utility's Repair Disk routine. If it reports making any repairs, run it repeatedly until it reports that the disk "appears OK". Then try Migration Assistant again.
If that fails, then perhaps the disk itself was damaged by the spill. You could go one step farther and try using data recovery software on the drive:
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id= 1
http://download.cnet.com/VirtualLab-Data-Recovery/3000-2094_4-10298807.html
All three recovery utilities come in demo versions that will show you what the full version could recover before you have to pay for anything.
Good luck.

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