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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsViktors Berstis, Christopher Daniel Reech
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A fast provisioning unit is disclosed that contains a basic unit, a duplicating unit and a control unit. The basic unit has a production computer and two or more hard drives each connected to the production computer by a first switch. The duplicating unit has a duplicator that is connected to an image disk and to a second switch. The second switch is connected to the hard drives of the basic unit. The control unit has a computer connected to the first switch, the second switch and the duplicator. The first switch permits the hard drives to be connected or disconnected from the production computer by the control computer pursuant to instructions from control software.
A programmable apparatus for efficiently changing hard drives on a production computer comprising:
A system for rapidly configuring a computer previously used by a first customer so that it can be used by a second customer comprising:
A method of switching hard drives on a first computer comprising the steps of:
A computer readable storage medium for connecting a first hard drive to a production computer and simultaneously connected a duplicating unit to a second hard comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.