broken iMac harddrive, make external harddrive?

[slipper]

hey guys i have a lot of files on my older imac which all of a sudden went dead. i was thinking about making an external HD by buying a firewire case and an aftermarket HD. i was wondering, if i get my old 6gb harddrive out and set it up in the external case can i recover my info? this is from a old slot loading G3 imac and i currently have a iBook G4 with osx.3

[slipper]

pardon my dumbness.. the topic is kinda wrong. it should read 'broken imac, make external harddrive?'

[joker2]

Sure, you can get external firewire cases and put your iMac's HDD in there. Usually less than $100. If at some point you wanted to put in a bigger drive, you certainly could.

[slipper]

cool, i was planning on also getting a 120mb HD but the thought came to my mind. would it be as simple as accessing a folder on my desktop?

[gotohamish]

Originally posted by slipper
cool, i was planning on also getting a 120mb HD but the thought came to my mind. would it be as simple as accessing a folder on my desktop?

yeah, it's just like putting a CD in - you access it in the finder. True plug and play.

Try newegg.com and search for 'firewire enclosure' or try the good people at www.macsales.com

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