For reasons of both speed of data throughput, and media reliability, I would use a portable SSD drive instead. Something like this: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-t7-1tb-external-usb-3-2-gen-2-portable-ssd-with-hardware-encryption-titan-gray/6408299.p?skuId=6408299


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