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Dell makes these, Imation mkes one called the RDX. ... The cartridges are interchangeable. ... Inside the cartridge you'll find a standard-looking 2.5-inch laptop hard drive. ... It's got a pair of silicone bumpers that just peel right off. And here we have a
Fujitsu 160GB Serial ATA hard drive;
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Fujitsu drive are configured in the BIOS or in the way they are formatted....
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