rayluo
Yes, can do, if the portable HDD enclosure is conected via a eSATA cable.
Is eSATA cable recommended only for performance/bandwidth consideration? Or is it necessary for the setup to work? I thought a USB cable would still make the hard disk enclosure work as if a real USB pendrive. No?
The gyroscope effect would probably ruin your hard disk.
“click click”
I respect (agree with) that caveat but FWIW, per my experience, spinning drives typically react to overly-aggressive movement by temporarily parking the head(s).
I do not use hard disk enclosure frequently nowadays, and was careless in one of the recent encounter. When I flipped the enclosure to see the LED on the other side, I felt a resisting force countering my twist, and heard a short screech. That was how I was reminded again about the gyroscope effect, and probably the first time I ever felt it for real.
That screech made me think that my hard disk would become a goner. To my surprise, the hard disk seems still working well since then.
Just sharing my first hand experience here, so that you don’t have to. 🙂