Which eSATA cable do I need?

I've never used a SATA device before and am confused about which type of cable I need to connect my external hard drive to my computer's SATA port.
The external drive is a 1TB Acomdata pureDrive with an eSATA interface (here are its specs). My computer is a Macbook Pro 5,5; I bought it in September of 2009, so I'm assuming it's the mid-2009 model. Thanks for any tips. The more specific you can get, the better, as I have no idea what I'm doing!

Your drive uses a 7-pin eSATA connector. This cable will work:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/StarTech.com-ESATA6-Shielded-External-eSATA-Cable/1307 8073?sourceid=1500000000000003142050&cisrc=14110944&cisku=13078073
Is this your computer?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/stats/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2 .8-aluminum-17-mid-2009-unibody-specs.html
If so, you have an ExpressCard 34 expansion slot, so you can buy this
to add an eSATA connector to your computer:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sonnet-TSATAII-E342P-TEMPO-2-Port-eSATA-Express-Card-P C/13216233?sourceid=1500000000000003142050&cisrc=14110944&cisku=13216233
If your computer doesn't have an ExpressCard 34 slot, boo-hoo!
You'll have to try to get this to work with your Firewire connector,
but then it will have Firewire speed:
http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/spyderhub.html
if it works.

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