Recovering photos from my dead iMac

My G4 Flat panel iMac failed recover from a power cut some months ago and, although sad, was a good excuse to buy a G5. However, this has left many photos and tunes stranded in the hulk. Buying a new power unit to recover the media is rather expensive so I was wondering if there was a way to 'hot wire' the old hard drive to transfer the marooned files to my G5.
Thanks
Dave S

You could dismantle the iMac, remove the hard drive, put the hard drive in a FireWire or USB enclosure, and then attach the drive to your new Mac.

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