3.5" usb2.o hard drive enclosure

Page 1 Congratulations on your purchase of the new Sabrent EC-3US35 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure! The enclosure provides a secure and lightweight method of transporting and transferring large quantities of data at the fastest possible USB 3.0 speeds, while still being reverse compatible with USB 1.1/2.0. Your computer will quickly detect and configure the connected Hard Drive (Plug & Play) via the USB connection, with no need to restart the computer. Blazing USB 3.0 speeds of up to 5Gbps allow you to effortlessly run files directly from your hard drive, such as, songs, videos, and databases. The aluminum casing effectively dissipates heat, and its compact sleek design with mirror finish replaces the old eyesore hard drive enclosures of old. Page 2 Transfer interface USB 3.0 (Reverse compatible with USB 2.0/1.1) Transfer rate Up to 5 Gbps (USB 3.0); Up to 480Mbps (USB 2.0) Supported HDD 3.5" Work temperature -40~65 'C Work humidity 8%~90% Storage humidity 5%~95% Operating System Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/7; MAC OS X Page 3 System Requirements ? 3.5" SATA/SATA II (Serial ATA) hard drive ? Available USB Port. ***Computer must be USB 3.0 ready to achieve full USB 3.0 Speeds. ? (Reverse compatible with USB 2.0 or 1.1 ports at reduced speeds) ? Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/VISTA/7; MAC OS X Page 4 1. Open the retail package and remove the Hard Drive Enclosure. 2. Insert the SATA Hard Drive into the Case. 3. Tighten the screws to secure the Hard Drive to the base. 4. Slide the base into the outer enclosure, and secure it with the screws. 5. Connect the AC power adapter to the wall and the Enclosure. 6. Turn on the switch to ON. 7. Connect the USB cable to an available USB port on the computer. Page 5 At this point the Hard Drive is completely installed. No Software or Drivers are needed to complete the connection. The Hard Drive Enclosure should appear in Device Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Manager under the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" as "USB Mass Storage" (There should be no error icon: '?' or '!') and the Hard Drive should appear in "MY COMPUTER" as a new Drive Letter. If the Hard-Drive is brand new you may need to first format it to make the Drive Letter appear. Right-click on MY COMPUTER, Select MANAGE, Go to DISK MANAGEMENT, go to the drive information in the Right column and Right-click on the drive to Initialize, Partition, Assign Drive Letter and Format. We recommend the NTFS file system. At this point you should get the Drive letter in MY COMPUTER.

Salvage the data from the drives and have them copied to your new laptop. At the very least you probably fried your motherboard & damaged your keyboard. To repair them is probably more costly than purchasing a new laptop(voice of experience). The drives may or may not work. Your main concern is the data. You can purchase a hard drive power adapter from ebay to power the removed laptop drive(s) and connect to a new computer via USB port to copy all of your files for about $25 and a little bit of time. Or have a computer shop do it for a fee.

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Sabrent website indicates that this enclosure is compatible with your operating system

http://www.sabrent.com/category/hard-drive-enclosures/ECS-U35K/

this is just an enclosure and you have to put in your hard drive in it.

Supports Standard Desktop 3.5? SATA/SATA II Desktop Hard Drives.
Supports hard drives up to 2TB.
Ultra Light Aluminum Case provides heat dissipation.
On/Off power switch.
LED light indicates Power and Activity status.
Hot-swappable, plug and play, no drivers needed.
Reverse compatible with USB 1.1.

It states online that it is "Plug-in-Play" and that it doesn't need drivers.

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try using the device with another computer to see if the enclosure is working properly. you don't need driver in XP

Right-click My Computer, go to Manage, Disk Management under Storage
Find your drive there and assign a drive letter.
The drive may still need to be formatted.

Had the same problem today. I finally noticed that the pin bay on the enclosure was large enough to allow the pins to be offset by one pin set. The open pins were hidden by wires. Once I carefully aligned the pins, everything worked fine.

Robert

Yes, it should light up green.

Firstly it sounds as if the drivers aren't loading properly, right click on your drive (right click my computer> properties> hardware> device manager). Look for your external drive, rightclick and click update driver and force it to look in your cd for driver files. Secondly make sure you are connecting to a USB2 port, as it may not recognise the hardrive.