Problems with 2.5 USB Enclosure

vanlo · 11-01-2009, 08:07 PM

Hi,

My laptop died a few weeks ago, so I've since bought a new PC and a 2.5 inch IDE enclosure for the HD from my laptop. I think the disk should be okay, as it was power issues along with a lot of wear and tear that saw the end of my laptop.

Anyway, I plug the enclosure into my PC, however I can't get it to work. I've tried it on 3 different machines... Two of these are running XP.

On the XP machines, when I plug the enclosure in the install hardware kicks off, but it seems to hang. Don't get any drive letters. When I go to device manager, I can find the disk recognised as a hard disk, down to the name of the disk. However when I click on properties, it says there is no driver installed, which maybe because the install hardware is hanging? I try to populate the disk, however that gives me an error. Nothing showing up under disk management.

On the Vista machine, it was slightly different... The install new hardware seems to complete, and it registered that there's a new hard disk plugged in. Again, no drive letters showing up. I try to populate the disk, and it again gives me an error. Again, no disk showing up under disk management...

Any thoughts? Could it be the enclosure? How do I rule out that the disk is not gone? I've got a lot of valuable info on that hard disk, and would really like to get it back.

Thanks

IT-Tech · 11-03-2009, 07:51 PM

Hi and welcome

What is the make and model of the 2.5 inch enclosure that you have?

What is the make and model of the 2.5 inch drive that you have in the enclosure?

Thank you very much!

**raptor_pa** · 11-03-2009, 09:39 PM

Also the 2.5 inch enclosures are powered off the USB bus which has pretty limited current available. Are there any other USb devices connected?

11-01-2009, 08:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
vanlo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Problems with 2.5 USB Enclosure Hi, My laptop died a few weeks ago, so I've since bought a new PC and a 2.5 inch IDE enclosure for the HD from my laptop. I think the disk should be okay, as it was power issues along with a lot of wear and tear that saw the end of my laptop. Anyway, I plug the enclosure into my PC, however I can't get it to work. I've tried it on 3 different machines... Two of these are running XP. On the XP machines, when I plug the enclosure in the install hardware kicks off, but it seems to hang. Don't get any drive letters. When I go to device manager, I can find the disk recognised as a hard disk, down to the name of the disk. However when I click on properties, it says there is no driver installed, which maybe because the install hardware is hanging? I try to populate the disk, however that gives me an error. Nothing showing up under disk management. On the Vista machine, it was slightly different... The install new hardware seems to complete, and it registered that there's a new hard disk plugged in. Again, no drive letters showing up. I try to populate the disk, and it again gives me an error. Again, no disk showing up under disk management... Any thoughts? Could it be the enclosure? How do I rule out that the disk is not gone? I've got a lot of valuable info on that hard disk, and would really like to get it back. Thanks

11-03-2009, 07:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
IT-Tech Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 296 OS: All Microsoft Operating Systems My System	Re: Problems with 2.5 USB Enclosure Hi and welcome What is the make and model of the 2.5 inch enclosure that you have? What is the make and model of the 2.5 inch drive that you have in the enclosure? Thank you very much! __________________ - I remove all threads from my subscription after 4 days if they become stagnate. If you post in a stagnate thread and still need my help, please send me a PM so I can pick it back up.

11-03-2009, 09:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,933 OS: XP	Re: Problems with 2.5 USB Enclosure Also the 2.5 inch enclosures are powered off the USB bus which has pretty limited current available. Are there any other USb devices connected? __________________