You can just plug your laptops hard drive directly into your desktop PC, as long as the laptop uses a S-ATA HDD. It is extremely likely that it does.
All you need is a S-ATA data cable, these cost like a few dollars.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812270093
One of these should work. Keep in mind that you might be able to get them just as cheap in like a physical store near you. The brand name or speed rating does not matter for your purpose. The only thing that matters is that it is a "S-ATA data cable". Your desktop PC is likely to already have the power cable needed to power it up. There is probably an unused S-ATA power cable inside it already. You should probably double-check though. They look like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812816015
Without the white end. What I linked is a conversion cable from what was normal before to S-ATA power. Inside your PC, there is probably already a S-ATA power connector hanging around.
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