recover files from broken netbook

[SanKakU]

the harddrive should be fine but the computer is definitely messed up in most likely more ways than one. the hookup to the monitor or whatever was severed, and after that i gave up on it and got a new comp. but there are still some nice files i want to access if i can. what are my options?

probably the simplest thing i can think of is to buy another netbook(a used one) and swap out the harddrive in it for my own. anything else you guys can think of that could possibly be better than this?

edit: if i use USB adapter, this one might just work:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156102
the connection looks about right.

 

[Ghan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161004

 

[SanKakU]

here are some pictures to show you the connections. the 2nd picture is there just to give another angle to the third, so it doesn't matter much that it's blurry.

so i mean, this hard drive is 3 inches wide, not 2.5

"Connects to any 2.5" SATA Hard Drive or Solid State Drive"

but do these connections indicate it is a Solid State Drive or something else? note: only that first picture, DSCF1180 shows the actual hard drive. while the second two pictures are displays of the connection that whatever device i would buy would have to have.

 

[Ghan]

It's a 2.5" SATA drive. I don't think any other type of drive was ever put in any true netbook ever. SSDs use the same connection.

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148371