Transferring data from HDD used in PC (Windows)

Hello! I have recently switched from PC to Mac. I have learnt a lot and I like Mac. Now, I want to transfer some of my data (pictures, movies, docs) from the hard drive I have used in my PC. Because my PC is dead I removed the hard drive from it and tried to use External Enclosure from Safecom company. I did everything exactly it said in manual, but my iMac does not see it at all. I've tried to switch jumpers over on the hard drive, tried different cables (USB and FireWire) but no result whatsoever although the hard drive is working when switched on and everything seems good.
My hard drive is Western Digital WD 800, formatted with NTFS and partitioned 30x50 Gb. There is Windows installed on 30Gb partition.
I have read many topics but have not found the answer.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.
P.S. My iMac is Intel based.
iMac Core Duo 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  
iMac Core Duo 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

You don't describe precisely what happens when you attach the drive and power it on. Does it simply do nothing at all?
My first reaction, if you see nothing happen at all would be that the drive enclosure might not be functioning properly or the drive may not be firmly connected to the controller inside the enclosure. Just like RAM sticks needing to be firmly seated in a machine to work, drives in an enclosure need to be properly and firmly inserted to function (check both the drive cable and the power cable). Drives in enclosures generally need to be jumpered for "Master" but some models prefer "Cable Select).
I would suggest taking the drive to another computer (possibly a PC) and plugging it in and see if it operates properly.
The Mac can read NTFS but not write it by default (though you can use MacFUSE to gain read/write access with some minor difficulty).
Let us know how it works out.

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