Quoting Adam Borowski (kilobyte@???):

> On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 07:36:55AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote:
> > As they have USB 3 you can use an adapter or external bay for your
> > drive.
>
> Do not use the words "USB" and "disk" together, please -- in any context
> that involves basic reliability, and, especially, not corrupting data.

Concur. ITOH, one could extend the hypothetical Dell laptop's two SATA
connectors to outside using eSATA cables, and connect those to an
md-driver RAID1 mirror pair of drives in external enclosures, preferably
each with a standalone power supply widget. (SATA doesn't carry power.)