Transfering hardrive from dead computer to external drive and then onto a macbook pro

Hello! I'm trying to save my hard drive from a dead macbookpro. I removed the hard drive and have the appropriate adapters to attach it to my LaCie. The instructions call for 'erasing' the contents in order to copy it. Anyone have confirmation this is correct? Or have a better set by step instruction? Thanks!

Thanks for the speedy response Kappy! This may be long winded.
Basically, I spilled liquid on my old mac book pro, so I removed the harddrive and according to the utility tests, nothing has been damaged. What I'd like to do is transfer the contents of that hard drive onto my external LaCIe drive and then essentially drag and drop items onto my new computer. I do not want to put the old hard drive into the new computer though.
I bought a SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 adapter from Vantec and I believe I set up everything correctly. I can see the hardrive when I got into Utilities, although I cannot click on the contents. Some the instructions from the adapter kit do not match some of the options on my disk utility. The instructions are to  to'open the Type pop up menu in the Volume Info area and choose MAC OS extended format and then initialize' Unfortunately, I do not see those options. The option to format instructs to Click on the Erase tab, assign a new name to the drive and supposedly the drive will appear on my desktop. I'm just worried it will actual erase the contents of the hardrive as opposed to letting me drag and drop or just copying it onto my desktop...

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