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By Patrick Schmid published 3 February 2006

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Page 1: TeraByte Storage Is Here
Page 2: LaCie Vs. Maxtor
Page 3: LaCie Big Disk Extreme 1 TB
Page 4: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9s Inside
Page 5: Backup Software
Page 6: Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo
Page 7: Flexible OneTouch Button
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Page 9: Maxtor Storage Manager
Page 10: OneTouch Button Configuration
Page 11: Retrospect Express
Page 12: Test Setup
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