>>106260575
get picrel and just dragondrop* the files you want, i.e.e your games, porn, and old tax filings. when your internal HD finally dies just install an entirely new one (they are literally free) and either pop the "backup" drive right in there or continue using the usb to sata cable to dragondrop the files back to your new main drive

*this is not a software just a cutesy way to say "drag and drop"

>>106254786
no. i've used mine with literal HDDs using le slow spinny disk and nothing bad has ever happened even when i haveb een drunk and knocked it off the shelf or whatever