How might I identify the manufacturer of an external hard drive?

This question may not be limited to G3 iMacs running OS 9.2.
I got the machine a year ago, and about 6 months ago I added an external USB HD sold under the CompUSA name. I have been having some difficulties lately, and as part of my troubleshooting efforts, I decided to use Apple System Profiler to identify the manufacturer of the HD. I discovered that ASP *does not* identify the vendor of the HD, although it does identify the vendors of the internal HD, the keyboard, the CD drive, etc.
Short of disassembling the HD, is there any way that I can identify who manufactured it?
iMac G3   Mac OS 9.2.x  

In Apple System Profiler, look at the USB bus information. Frequently it will contain enough information (drive model #, etc.) to search the Internet for more details.

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