Despite a rocky history of failures, I recently grabbed a Seagate Barracuda® 1.5 TB 7200.11 SATA. For only $83, why not?
I plan to pop this drive in an external enclosure and swap it between my laptop and desktop. I have never dealt with any eSATA devices before and have a few questions.
My Abit IP35-E doesn't have any eSATA ports, so my first question is if it is possible to use this cable to connect the external enclosure to an internal sata port? I know that if I did this, I would still need to use a regular esata-to-esata cable to connect to my laptop.
Secondly, I have no idea what enclosure to get and would like some recommendations. The only things I need are an eSATA/USB connector and support for this drive. I am looking to spend around $20-30 for the enclosure. Feel free to make some suggestions!