Digging out some SATA cables and bare drive adapter this afternoon to rescue a Mac. I always find this stuff fun, when it is easy. If you are curious, the funky bare drive adapter I have is the Newer Technology USB 2.0 Drive Adapter.

A bare SATA hard drive connected via a Newer Technology USB 2.0 drive adapter with red, black, and yellow cables on a dark desk beside two laptops and a keyboard.