How to choose an external harddrive for booting an iMac G5 (Intel Core 2 Duo, late 2006 model MA589xx/A)

The internal harddrive of my 20" iMac G5 has failed and I would like to run the computer from an external drive until I can purchase a new one. I don't currently have an external drive available to do this so I would like some recommendations regarding which type would be preferable for this use. My neighbor suggested buying an external firewire enclosure and a 500 GB drive to go inside it. Is that adequate? If so, which brand is good to buy. In the future I will be using this new drive to backup files from whatever computer I end up purchasing. I am also considering replacing the internal drive of the iMac since the rest of the computer works well and, if possible, would like to use this new drive for that purpose.

I agree with your neighbor. A good source is OWC. You want a 3.5" SATA I or SATA II (1.5 or 3.0 Gb/s) hard drive. The enclosure should have a power supply and support at least Firewire 400/800 and USB 2.0. OWC even has tools. Good drives to choose from include Seagate, HGST, and Western Digital (stay away from their Blue drives.) Avoid so-called Green drives.

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