So I bought an external portable 3TB HDD with the intention to crack out the drive from within the enclosure to install into my laptop for an internal drive. When I got the drive out of the enclosure it was one of the drives that has a USB 3.0 micro b port instead of a SATA connection.
So I have looking into a means of getting USB 3.0 to SATA for the purpose on internal install.
Using this to get from SATA to mSATA / mPCIE,
And then using this to give myself an internal USB 3.0 port from a SATA connection internally,
The question is will it work? I'm of the opinion that it wont. Being that the SATA controller will likely not be able the detect a USB drive. I'm not sure if the board in between would be able to sort that out. What do you think? Could it work? or is there another way to get that USB HDD to SATA internally? Thanks
So I have looking into a means of getting USB 3.0 to SATA for the purpose on internal install.
Using this to get from SATA to mSATA / mPCIE,
And then using this to give myself an internal USB 3.0 port from a SATA connection internally,
The question is will it work? I'm of the opinion that it wont. Being that the SATA controller will likely not be able the detect a USB drive. I'm not sure if the board in between would be able to sort that out. What do you think? Could it work? or is there another way to get that USB HDD to SATA internally? Thanks