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<blockquote data-quote="monkeyman" data-source="post: 79579"><p>You're quite right - my wording could have been a little bit better there - I'll start again!</p><p></p><p>At work, I am using a Cobalt G4 (450 Mhz, 896 Ram, CD-R, SCSI)</p><p></p><p>one of our other machines at work is</p><p></p><p>Quicksilver G4 (Dual Processor, 512 Ram, Combi, SCSI)</p><p></p><p>I have been coveting this machine for a while, and now that a colleague is leaving, I plan to switch my machine with that one.</p><p>However, if I simply moved the computers from desk to desk I would have the other persons hard drive and not mine. This would mean having to re-install all software and data files etc (time consuming and frustrating).</p><p>I had a brain-wave that if I could remove the hard drive of each and simply swap them over, I wouldn't need to do any other installations or updating (probaly a very naive and simplistic view - hey it's good to have hope).</p><p>Anyways, so my question was really, is it possible to transplant hard-drives between these two machines and have them continue working, or would each need to be set up from scratch once again? Both are dual boot (OS-9.2 and Panther) - although I don't know how much teh OS becomes tailored to a specific machine on installtion.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, I would like to be able to take the 512 Ram chip out of the cobalt and put it into the Quicksilver, though I suspect this is probably more problematic (i know Ram is quite machine specific).</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all your help,</p><p></p><p>Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeyman, post: 79579"] You're quite right - my wording could have been a little bit better there - I'll start again! At work, I am using a Cobalt G4 (450 Mhz, 896 Ram, CD-R, SCSI) one of our other machines at work is Quicksilver G4 (Dual Processor, 512 Ram, Combi, SCSI) I have been coveting this machine for a while, and now that a colleague is leaving, I plan to switch my machine with that one. However, if I simply moved the computers from desk to desk I would have the other persons hard drive and not mine. This would mean having to re-install all software and data files etc (time consuming and frustrating). I had a brain-wave that if I could remove the hard drive of each and simply swap them over, I wouldn't need to do any other installations or updating (probaly a very naive and simplistic view - hey it's good to have hope). Anyways, so my question was really, is it possible to transplant hard-drives between these two machines and have them continue working, or would each need to be set up from scratch once again? Both are dual boot (OS-9.2 and Panther) - although I don't know how much teh OS becomes tailored to a specific machine on installtion. Additionally, I would like to be able to take the 512 Ram chip out of the cobalt and put it into the Quicksilver, though I suspect this is probably more problematic (i know Ram is quite machine specific). Thanks for all your help, Matt [/QUOTE]
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