PowerMac G4 won't start, pull Hard Drive?

My PowerMac G4 Dual 450 (Digital Audio) won't start-up. It's dead. I've replaced the battery and reset PMU, still nothing.
I also have a new iMac. Can I pull the hardrive out of my old G4 and put it in an external case and access it with the iMac? Will the iMac recognize it? Anything else I need to do?
Thanks.

Get an external Firewire case & install the HD. Firewire is much faster than USB 2.0, and currently, unless you have a USB 2.0 PCI card, your USB 1.1 is very, very slow. You should be able to access all the files.
Be sure you followed Apple's PMU reset procedure. Also, look at the tips on this site Mac PRAM, NVRAM, CUDA/PMU & Battery Tutorial
 Cheers, Tom

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