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.