No enclosure, but would give you significantly faster speeds for close to the same price. Also it's easier to move (no need for external power.)
Idea for a combo:
32gb flash drive finally died over the weekend. Ordered this from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N6JQS8C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJZJI84/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Need a 3rd party tool for Windows to format it since its over 32gb or built in formatting tool for MACOS works fine.
If its a 2.5inch SATA SSD
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-USB-Cable-USB3S2SAT3CB/dp/B00HJZJI84?th=1
If its a M.2 SATA SSD
Just doubling down on this. The pi doesn’t have a ton of extra electricity. My first case was causing the problem. Umbrel kept saying “use the official power cable” when I was. Stopped using the cheap $10 SSD case I bought, and got a usb to Sata cable instead. Hasn’t happened since. Been up and running for a month.
Edit: This is the one I ended up grabbing. StarTech.com SATA to USB Cable -... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJZJI84
Do you feel comfortable with removing the hard drive?
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2010+Hard+Drive+Replacement/4305
You should be able to access it like a USB-A external drive using a cable like this:
I'm talking about the Kingston thumb drives. My point being that you don't lose anything by utilizing an SSD connected to a USB enclosure or adapter for boot, over a single thumb drive, because no USB thumb drives support SMART either (that I have found). You definitely aren't able to take advantage of the SMART features of whatever SSD you use in that manner, because I've never found a USB-SSD adapter/enclosure that supports SMART, but you aren't really losing anything either.
SSD's seem to be more reliable in general, SMART or not, than flash drives... so it could be advantageous to use one with a USB adapter, even though you don't get SMART data from it, especially if it means not giving up a SATA port (if they are limited).
One of these is what I plan on using, hooked to the internal USB header on my supermicro board.
one - use disk copy software to copy your existing hard drive data onto your new hard drive. Use Macrium Reflect Free version note: you may need a USB to SATA connector to connect your new drive to your computer.
two - Open your laptop, replace old drive with new drive.
three - replace all screws and plates.
four - boot up new computer!
Optional extra step: use your old hard drive and your new USB-SATA connector as an external drive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJZJI84/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_a3LSAbPG98N78
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is this the drive?
https://www.newegg.com/toshiba-dt01aca200-2tb/p/N82E16822149407
And is the adapter something similar to this?
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SATA-USB-Cable-USB3S2SAT3CB/dp/B00HJZJI84
Do you have USB-C? If so, you can get this adapter to connect it to the computer:
If you only have USB-A ports:
Once you plug in the hard drive, you need to give yourself permission to access the files in the
[driveletter]:/Users/[yourname] directory. You might need to google, but the basic commands are:
takeown /R /A /F foldername
icacls foldername /grant domain\Administrators:F /T
Then you can simply copy files under DriveLetter:/Users/You or Public/Documents (for Quickbooks) and any at the root of the drive in a folder. As stated before, unless the drive has corruption, you can simply copy without recovery software. NOTE: I usually format the external destination as exFat, which can be seen by any operating system and has less security.