Can i install leopard on external drive to recover files from internal hard drive

Ok i am havinga problem with laptop ... wont restart. Power on and mormal grey screen appears ... then a bar appears below the spining dashes and after a few increments the laptop automatically shuts down. Now is it possible to install OS on extrenal to allow me to access the laptops internal drive to save files?

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Yes you can do that, though I'm not too sure that Iomega's firmware is up to date to do it. Be sure that any data you have on the Iomega is backed up elsewhere before attempting it. Some Firewire drives without up to date firmware from the manufacturer may become invisible and unusable after a software update on Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Also an AGP PowerMac needs its firmware updated while booted from Mac OS 9 before installing Mac OS X 10.2 or later:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
That said, if after testing you find it does work, you can switch booting between both drives using the Option key booting as described in the Startup Manager article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178
Leave OS 9.2.2 on your internal, and 10.4 on your external. That will be a lot easier than partitioning. Some information I wrote for others which can help you on your migration to Mac OS X is provided in this link below:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html
If you really want to partition, be aware that only third party software is available to partition without erasing the entire drive, and you'll want to make sure additional partitions that will boot Mac OS 9 have Mac OS 9 drivers installed as my link above states. Whatever you do, be sure you have at least two copies of your data at all times:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

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I'd make sure that the 'Keep iTunes folder organised' setting is on. (Preferences>Advanced>general)
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You could create a new profile, remove the content, and replace it with the entire profile from your old drive.
But you are only asking about bookmarks, though I expect you also meant to include your browsing history so you would want places.sqlite
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* Transferring data to a new profile - Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
* Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
* Profile folder - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile
* Profile folder - Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
* Lost bookmarks - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

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