Thanks TrainableMan, I believe that with the 1TB Samsung, I don't really need to go through all of this trouble. Especially with an all in one. Now, I realize the major difference between the two, as Clifford pointed out, they aren't built for expansion. They are built for convenience, fast setup, portability and so on.
But one of the reasons that I decided on an all in one, is that the bank that I deal with has them, only theirs has much thicker cases. I did buy a budget model, but some of these goes for over $1600 (from HP), that's customized.
I was also looking at the specs of the finished connection, the eSATA port only delivered 1.5 Gb/sec, whereas the hard drive in it's proper place runs at 3.0 Gb/sec, so I seen it as a lot of work to go in reverse. Clifford was right in his suggestion of parts & instructions, I asked if it could be done, and he showed me how to. But after much consideration, especially the build & performance of the computer, and the potential drop in speed, I decided it's a waste of time, energy, and in the end, what performance that I do have may be comprised.
When I bought this computer, I wanted to get away from XP Pro after using it almost exclusively from early 2002 through late 2009. About a month before my purchase, I began looking, with my budget in mind, and an article in PC World led me to the three best of the $500-$750 range. One was a Dell, that was out for me (for personal reasons), a Toshiba (the one that I should have bought), and this one. This one was rated as the best of the three, and since I seen them at the bank, after waiting for a sale (I registered with HP for promos), one arrived, knocking $120 off the price and I jumped.
At the time, I didn't intend for working on and playing around with computers, just wanted something new, that I never had before. After the purchase, or around the time, I joined this forum. I read many posts on here where others had done much to make their computer better & faster for them, and with nothing to do, it inspired me to do the same. And actually, I have done so. I upgraded my RAM from 2GB to 4GB, making it load & run faster, upgraded my hard drive from 320GB, first to 750GB, now 1TB. Bought a nice all in one printer (Kodak ESP 3250) that prints great pictures, as good as the ones you get elsewhere, and is easy on ink refills. I would like a faster processor, but it'll have to wait until early next year (it'll be Christmas before we know it).
Also, I'm going to be sending the Caviar Black back to WD for a replacement, the side USB ports is fast enough to run Linux on, so I'll use it for that, and extra storage, along with the Seagate FreeAgent (500GB) that I recently bought new. As well as a really nice computer desk that came with a built in power supply, with switches for each component, locking doors, in the upper middle, a place specially made for CD & DVD storage, and a slide out place above where the chair rolls in for extra usage.
Looking back at this time last year (2009), all that I had was two wore out notebooks (one has passed since) and a five year old printer that I bought on eBay (it was new, in the sealed box, but it was a 2004 model). And a new computer with Windows 7 was only a dream. But mid November last year, that began to change for the better, and looking back, I've came a long way since. Where it not for this forum, I may not have done some things that I've accomplished.
So instead of trying push everything that I have to the max, I would be better off enjoying what I have, and putting aside for the future. Then, I'll know what I have, because I'll build it myself, from scratch. And I'll have eSATA ports when I'm done, as many as I want.
This thread is solved.
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