bad dell HD, new one installed want to get file off old HD as slave setup?

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My hard drive went bad, would not start, clicking etc. would not accept
recovery disk. Dell changed drives for me and I was told maybe I could
connect the bad drive to the spare, 2nd from last, connector and use as slave.
The ned drive in on the end. When I tried it got message F1 to continue or
F2 to setup????
Can what I would like to do be done? I would like to recover my pictures.
The programs I don't care about, I can always get the ones I really want
and need. CAN ANYONE HELP?
 
A trick sometimes worth trying is to cool the defective disk in a freezer
for a few days. Wrap it tightly to keep condensation off. Allow it to warm-up
and dry-off before testing it. Sometimes you get a few minutes or hours out
of it before it fails again, enough to get the files off. Not always, though.
Depends on the type of fault.
 
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