Saving data from dead mini

[Mdfmr2]

My Mac Mini 1.66ghz (intel) died this weekend, diagnosed as a logic board failure. I'd like to pull data off the hard drive- pictures, Word files, etc. And put them on my old G4 tower- which still works fine. I removed the drive, put it into a USB caddy, but when I connect it to the G4, I get a message that the volume cannot be read by OSX. I'm also not able to mount it through tje disk utility.

I noticed that the file systems used on this drive and the G4 drive are not the same. Am I going to jave to find another intel powered Mac to be able to pull data off of this drive?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[Solitare]

Off the top of my head, did you try powering up the G4, then attaching the USB chassis and see if it would treat it as a removable disk?

[Mdfmr2]

I've tried plugging the USB in while the G4 was running and I've tried booting it with the USB attached. Got the same result both ways.

[mmkerc]

If there is an Apple store around you they may allow you to copy the files (to a usb stick). Or if you have access to a windows machine you can try HFSExplorer it is not a good as a paid format convert (MacDrive) but it may do the trick.