How can I use a pc hdd in my g5 imac

My Daughters 20in G5 iMac had a hard drive crash and I wanted to use a Hdd that I have but it is formated for pc can this be done? I tried to use the install disk and boot from it holding down the C button but all I get is a folder with a smile and ?. what am I doing wrong?

Try holding down the option key then power on. This brings up the startup manager. Click on your dvd. Click on right arrow key.
You could have a bad dvd drive or the wrong DVD in the drive or a firmware password.
There are SATA & Pata drives. You need to figure out which you have:
Sata -- newer. small cable
Pata -- older. flat 32 pin ribbon cable
The easiest thing will be to buy an external firewire drive.
You need an external Firewire drive to boot a PowerPC Mac computer.
I recommend you do a google search on any external harddrive you are looking at.
I bought a low cost external drive enclosure. When I started having trouble with it, I did a google search and found a lot of complaints about the drive enclosure. I ended up buying a new drive enclosure. On my second go around, I decided to buy a drive enclosure with a good history of working with Macs. The chip set seems to be the key ingredient. The Oxford line of chips seems to be good. I got the Oxford 911.
Has everything interface:
FireWire 800/400 + USB2, + eSATA 'Quad Interface'
save a little money interface:
FireWire 400 + USB 2.0
This web page lists both external harddrive types. You may need to scroll to the right to see both.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
The latest the hard drive enclosures support the newer serial ata drives. The drive and closure that I list supports only older parallel ata.
Here is an external hd enclosure.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW91UAL1K/
Here is what one contributor recommended:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10452917#10452917
Folks in these Mac forums recommend LaCie, OWC or G-Tech.
Here is a list of recommended drives:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5564509#5564509

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