Migrating from broken macbook pro.

My macbook pro decided not to show me anything other than a black screen yesterday morning.
I still hear it booting up, and I think I can still ( blindly ) enter my password. But can't be sure.
I then tried, with the help of a ethernet cable, to utilise the migration feature on my new macbook pro, which proved to be unsuccessful. It did not find my old Mac.
Question :
Is it possible to migrate blindly, or maybe, using an external housing, attach my old HD per USB and migrate that way ?
I do have a backup, but it is at least two months old and, as you can imagine, I would like to pick up exactly where I left off on my old Mac.
Thanks for the help

Assuming that your hard disk is still functiomnal (and it sounds as though it is):
If you have a firewire cable, then you can get your Maxbook Pro into target disk mode (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661).
You can then attach it to your new MacBook Pro, and migrate away.

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