so i have these 2 computers i want to boot up and run at the same time, i have a monitor/keyboard/mouse splitter to use for both computers... and heres the complicated part, one of the computers (an old prebuilt hp pc) can't be taken part while the harddrive slots were ripped out by my dad and threw away, the rest of the parts should still be functional, i was wondering if i have a harddrive mounted in the other pc, can i just stretch a ide and power cable to connect to it? as i assumed the location of the harddrive don't really matter to the pc, is there any other complications i should look into? such as sticking a cable into another case, or is there any way to boot a computer externally with that ide harddrive?