Who manufactured my hard drive ?

Hello,
I have a dell studio xps 8100 desktop bought in 2010.
Windows 7 home premium,
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz,
memory 16 gb,
Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460,
* 1.5TB SERIAL ATA (7200RPM 3.0 Gb/s) 16 MB Cashe. ST31500341AS.
How can I know who is the manufacturer of the Hard Drive ?
any recommendations for an ssd ? how big ?
Many Thanks,
Rami.

I like the Crucial MX200 I would advise getting at least a 256 GB SSD. If you want to use Dell Factory settings on the SSD see here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/dell-backup-and-recovery/using-a-hdd-and-ssd-together-with-dell-factory-settings/

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