TARGET DISK ON INTEL iMAC from OS 9 G4 possible?

So. Calif. power drops have made a 20" iMac freeze on re-start; alternating blue and white screens; hourglass spins; but never makes it past screen headers. Original disks in fire area, so it restarted in target mode; but only OS 9.2.2 machines available to firewire to. Cannot find iMac hard drive on OS 9 machine.
But; can OS 9 machine repair Intel iMac drive/system?
Mike

Hi Mike,
Your Intel iMac does not put OS9 drivers on the HD as it doesn't support it at all. That will make the drive alien to OS9. You would need an OSX machine to have a good chance of repairing the disc, preferably a machine running Tiger. Your G4 machine does support Tiger, so if you can install it do.
Also, contact Applecare regarding getting replacement discs for your machine, it is worth the small cost.
Karn.

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