I have a hard drive laying around from an old computer I had. I'm trying to figure out how many GB it is. I was wondering if anyone can find out what the GB is on this, I looked around but couldn't be sure as to what.
Name: Maxtor
Model: 96147U8
HDA: 08A
PCBA: 06B
Unique: 66B
Code: BAC51KJ0
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