Transfer iMac G4 Flat Panel files from EHD to iMac G5

I just bought an iMac G5. My Flat panel G4 went South, (Motherboard/ Power Supply, GONE, NO POWER) I have bootable copy of G4 files, (Super Duper) on an external HD. What files can I transfer to the G5, and how do I do it, please. My wife needs her email files from the old files.
Thanks:
Lyle
PS: My profile shows the old Mac

You can mount the external onto your G5 desktop and take anything you want off it, just make sure you put things in the right place. Congratulations on having the foresight to have the bootable clone, you are in the happy position of having everything you need from the old G4 available to you.

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