Use your 2.5" / 3.5" SATA I / II / III as an additional external hard drive.This USB3.0 to SATA adapter supports up to 18TB hard drive. High speed USB 3.0 specification and backward compatible ...
And, of course, you should always have an external drive available for making Time Machine backups in case anything ever ... get you a 4TB basic desktop hard drive with a USB interface (drives ...