Tips on Hard Drive Care?

Dhsu, if it reads Enhanced, it means the controller built into the southbridge is USB2.0 compliant, ergo any port that is connected to the controller will be USB2.0. Since it's very unlikely for motherboard manufacturers to include a separate USB2.0 controller, you can assume that as long as the word "Enhanced" is present all your ports are USB2.0.

Megalith Prime, define "slow as shit". Transfer rates depend on the USB to IDE bridge used in the enclosure. High quality IC also cost more, so don't expect a cheap enclosure to perform as well as more expensive counterparts. (But more expensive doesn't always necessarily mean better chips.)

The orientation of the hard drive does not matter and this came from Seagate themselves. Hang it upside down or at 37 degrees, the disk doesn't care. You mustn't however attempt to change the orientation while it's seeking (or powered on in general), as you can crash the drive heads quite easily. 3.5" desktop drives aren't designed for this.

Jam it back in, in the dark.