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Benchmark Results

Page 1: External Hard Drives Get Smarter
Page 2: CoolMax XtremeFiles F1-B
Page 3: Maxtor OneTouch II
Page 4: Maxtor OneTouch II, Continued
Page 5: Seagate External Hard Drive With Pushbutton Backup
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Page 9: Benchmark Results
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