Dead iMac, Looking for Options

My girlfriends 2001 iMac G3 died, and it would not be too much of a problem if it were not for all the photos on her hard drive.
I think i can get the hard drive out but I do not know if there is a specific size of hard drive enclose for the iMac's hard drive.
Can anyone help me out with this?
Also, is there any way I should store the hard drive after I take it out of the computer and before I put it in the enclosure.

The iMac has standard IDE/ATA HD, so you can get almost any enclosure, and put it in there, and then recover your data. I like the Mercury Elite Pro enclosures from OWC found Here. One thing that you should look for when buying an enclosure if make sure it has the Oxford 911 chipset and not the more common - and less expensive Prolific chipset. The only think you should do whilst teh HD is out of the computer is to make sure it doesn't get wet and what not.

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Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
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