>Considering I have 16 TB Exos working fine in some 6+ year old USB3 enclosures, I think you should be good. There is a break point around 2 TB I think. If it supports drives bigger than 2 TB, you should be good until the Exabyte size range.
Thank You! That was the info I needed.
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What enclosures do you use? I have a Sabrent laying around that I will try first: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Tool-Free-Enclosure-Internal-EC-KSL3/dp/B08J5SLTJX/
Make sure you think it through fully. Unfortunately, I'm speaking from experience...
How much space is used on those four drives all together? Is there enough space (plus extra) on the laptop for all that data? If there is enough space, go ahead with the adapter idea. Here's one I like from Sabrent
The issue is that once you have your data off, you'll most likely still need a display to reset it to factory default. Theoretically, you could SSH into the desktop from your laptop and do the reset through there, but I'm not sure exactly how that might work.
Minimum write/read speeds maybe? Only thing I can think of Here the external enclosure I'm using on wife's pc for storage https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08J5SLTJX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_F1QSM7C3WFFHBQY3WTS5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Well depending on size, if it's small I wouldn't bother really. But you can get a toolless enclosure. Here's the one I use for a 4TB https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08J5SLTJX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_6978MEM9GF9YSQE8V388?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Here is the enclosure I'm using on wife's pc. Has a 4TB HDD in it right now. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08J5SLTJX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_F1QSM7C3WFFHBQY3WTS5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Sabrent USB 3.0 Tool-Free Enclosure for 2.5” and 3.5” Internal SATA Hard Drives (EC-KSL3)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08J5SLTJX/
Yes or another enclosure. I have this one.