LENOVO and SEAGATE On The Same Hard Drive?? WTF? Exos 7E8. I thought Lenovo was better Quality?
4So I'm super surprised to see Lenovo's brand on a Seagate drive. Not all Seagate drives are bad, but some of them are pretty bad. Seagate Rosewoods and the Barracuda self-erasing drive from about 15 years ago were some scary things. Lenovo is supposed to be all about quality. You would think they would have gone with Western Digital, but then again I have had my problems with Western Digital drives too...
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