E-Sata drives

[sweave]

just a question about e-sata
i recently bought the ga-p35-dq6 motherboard
and it came with a couple of brackets to which i can attach an e-sata drive.

now does this have to be a external hard drive or an internal in an enclosure or can i just attach a regular internal drive to it (the bracket has a power connector on it as well) without using an enclosure?

how easy is that to setup as well as remove?
can i see use it as a backup storage device reliably?
are there heating or power issues i would need to worry about?

thanks

[Thrax]

Unless your enclosure is an eSATA enclosure, you'd have to attach an internal drive to the brackets with no enclosure.

I don't see this feature as a reliable backup option; moreso a way to quickly hook up an SATA hard drive you have kicking about to grab a file. Running a drive unenclosed and in open air just seems like asking for trouble to me. As far as setup is concerned, however, it's just like a USB enclosure: Plug it in, wait a few seconds, and it should show up in windows explorer. No heat/power issues to be concerned with.