Migate from 17" G5 iMac to 17" Intel iMac

[jammies1954]

I need to migrate to an Intel iMac from a crashed g5 iMac. (Diagnostic lights indicate a bad main board on the g5)
Can the g5 HD be simply swapped to the new intel iMac or am I asking for major issues?
Would it be easier to get an external HD enclosure and proceed from there?

 

[kitsunestudios]

Go for an external enclosure; They're cheap, and it'll be much less hassle.

 

[talmy]

I need to migrate to an Intel iMac from a crashed g5 iMac. (Diagnostic lights indicate a bad main board on the g5)
Can the g5 HD be simply swapped to the new intel iMac or am I asking for major issues?
Would it be easier to get an external HD enclosure and proceed from there?

Some of the G5 iMacs had a PATA disk interface, which would not be compatible. Intel iMacs use a different partitioning scheme so the drive would not be bootable as-is.

Mount it in an external housing and copy files to the Intel machine.

 

[Consultant]

1. see if you can get old computer into firewire mode, in that case, use migration assistant

2. see if Apple Store would transfer it for you.