my screen went out on my Dell laptop. I've fixed it once. Want to know if and how I can connect it directly to my Dell PC to be able to see my files so, I can download them to the Dell PC. Both work on Windows XP
Remote Desktop Connection, TeamViewer...there are others.
However, they all would need some initial setup on the now-broken laptop. Possibly connect your monitor to the laptop as a secondary to set something up.