Lost in the changeover

Can anyone help me?
My last iMac died and I've got a new one. I've also got the hard drive from the old iMac, but when I try to open things from it, such as the address book, the new version opens and I can't find a way to get at the info that is in my old address book. I want to e-mail friends to tell them that I'm back on-line, but I can't get at their addresses. Advice received with thanks.

Try to get your hands on an external firewire harddisk case. Place your old harddrive in the case. Connect it to your new Mac. Reinstall your new Mac from scratch using the OS X DVD.
During installation OS X should recognize the firewire harddrive and the previous installation on your old harddrive and ask you wether to migrate your old data or not.

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