I have one. I tried putting a HD out of a Dell in it, and it would not work. I'm guessing the reverse would also be a problem.
Data transfer via win-doz requires you to do some things on both the primary and secondary computers. Without the screen, this would be a problem because of a lack of interface. If your files were in a shared file, a wireless link would work, but if not, it would be difficult to change the settings.
I dunno.....The video card may support another aux monitor, but this too requires settings.
You could take the drive to someone who is adept at data retrieval, or find another averatec to put your drive in. The one I have, has a AMD 64, it won't run any other drive, and I doubt it's drive will work on anything else.
The only thing I did not try to do, was exchange drives after the boot up, while it was hot and running. I doubt this will work either.The computer would likely go fritzy....but I never tried it.
It is in the shop right now, but they were a little backed up and so haven't called me. Just trying to decide -- I'm not very handy -the most advanced thing I've done is add extra memory inside the desktop.