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Her Dell laptop is dead, she will no longer be using it.
You also want a USB 3.0 enclosure, if you have usb 3.0 ports on the HP, usb 3.0 will give you a faster transfer speed.
But it looks like you only have usb 2.0 ports. Too bad it doesn`t even have an Esata port
Compaq Presario CQ70-120US Specs - CNET
The link Mike posted is for a 3.5" drive, you need a 2.5" enclosure, as you`ve already mentioned.
Actually you don`t even need an enclosure, a cable is fine.
Examples:
external 2.5" enclosure - Newegg.com