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- Conner CFS210A (3.5″ 210MB 1994)
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- Seagate ST3250318AS Barracuda 7200.12 (3.5″ 250GB 2010)
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- Seagate ST34342A Medalist (3.5″ 4303MB 1998)
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- Seagate ST380021A Barracuda ATA IV (3.5″ 80GB 2003)
- Seagate ST380023A Barracuda ATA V (3.5″ 80GB 2003)
- Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 Barracuda LP (3.5″ 4TB 2014)
- Seagate ST5000DM000-1FK178 Desktop HDD (3.5″ 5TB 2015)
- Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 Barracuda (3.5″ 500GB 2015)
- Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 Laptop Thin HDD (2.5″ 500GB 2017)
- Seagate ST9160821AS Momentus 5400.3 (2.5″ 160GB 2007)
- Seagate ST9200420AS Momentus 7200.2 (2.5″ 200GB 2009)
- Seagate ST9500423AS Momentus (2.5″ 500GB 2011)
- Seagate ST96812A Momentus 5400.2 (2.5″ 60GB 2006)
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- WD WD100BA-60AK Expert (3.5″ 10GB 1999)
- WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 Caviar SE16 GreenPower (3.5″ 1TB 2007)
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- WD WD1600AAJS-00PSA0 Caviar SE (3.5″ 160GB 2007)
- WD WD1600BEVS-08VAT2 Scorpio Blue (2.5″ 160GB 2009)
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- WD WD3000JB-00KFA0 Caviar SE (3.5″ 300GB 2006)
- WD WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 Caviar Green (3.5″ 3TB 2011)
- WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 Caviar SE (3.5″ 320GB 2006)
- WD WD400BB-22HEA1 Caviar (3.5″ 40GB 2004)
- WD WD400BB-60DGA0 Caviar (3.5″ 40GB 2003)
- WD WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 Green (3.5″ 4TB 2014)
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- WD WD5000AAKX-603CA0 Caviar Blue (3.5″ 500GB 2011)
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- WD WD60EZRX-00MVLB1 Green (3.5″ 6TB 2015)
- WD WD7500BPVT-80HXZT3 Scorpio Blue (2.5″ 750GB 2012)
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