[X4U] PC FAT32 IDE HD + FW Case = Mac Recognition?

[Peter Krug]

If I drop a PC-formatted IDE Hard drive into a Firewire enclosure, will 
a mac be able to access the data?  I have a friend whose Gateway 
tower's motherboard gave up the ghost the day before he got an iPod as 
a gift.  I've convinced him to get a Mac, and he brought home an iMacG5 
yesterday.

Can the mac read the FAT32 format directly?  Or do I have to find a PC 
to try to do networking so he can get to his old data?

Thanks in advance,

Peter


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