Drives from old G5 not recognized in new G5

My old G5 DP 2.5 died. So I bought a G5 DP 2.3. When I put the drives from the original G5 in the new one, it says they are not readable and should be initialized. What gives? They are both Power Mac G5 dual processors. What should I do?

I don't understand why they're not working from one G5 to another G5... they should without problems!???
Cards for G5s will be very hard to find, especially bootable cards.
Which exact models re the 2 G5s?
If you don't know the model, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1349

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