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Inside the disk itself was a western digital no surprises there wd5000aaks drive. I took it apart and ran crystal disk info on the hard drive. May 25, 2012 how to disassemble a western digital my book essential external hard drive. Reviewed in the united kingdom on 18 february 2010. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. I bought this western digital my book 640gb external hard drive usb connection this last winter. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage.
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