Odd technical question that I'll pose here, on the slight chance that anyone knows what the hell I'm talking about. I have this 2.5" USB drive enclosure and I'm trying to connect an old laptop hard drive to it. When I connect the old drive to the enclosure, then connect the enclosure to a new machine, the enclosure powers up, but Windows doesn't recognize it. Not only does Windows not recognize it, but nothing's even showing up in the Device Manager. I've reproduced this on multiple machines. Anybody have any ideas what's happening here?
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Cody,
I work on computers and printers for a living, so this is what I would try first. The enclosure may not be working properly because the old hard drive is trying to consume more power than the one USB port can put out. A sinlge USB port only puts out 500mA (max) of power. If your cable has two USB plugs on it, try plugging them both in. My 2.5" external enclosure has two USB plugs on the cable and requires both to be plugged in to work.
Also, there is always the chance that the hard drive is bad. Did this come from your old laptop? (You mentioned that you were going to buy a new one.) If so, and if you haven't tried it already, put it back in the old laptop and make sure it still works.
By the way, I live in Lafayette, IN.
Posted by: Mike at February 6, 2007 2:49 PMMike, this is very helpful information! My enclosure has two USB plugs, but I was only plugging one in. I'll try both tonight when I get home.
And yeah, it is a really old drive so there is the chance that it's just totally useless. Thanks for your help.
Posted by: Cody at February 6, 2007 3:01 PM