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Martin McCormick writes:

>  Robert Huff writes:
>  >         Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those
>  > machines?
>  
>  	I pushed for hot-swappable drives back when we ordered these
>  	systems which are Dell 2950's, but I didn't get anywhere at all
>  	with that campaign. 

	Hot swap would be great, but I was referring to regular swap:
human being with a screwdriver and a clue.  Reliable outside
contractor, if you absolutely can't send someone in-house.


					Robert Huff