Internal Hard Drive Conversion Problem - won't work!

[tubbers]

Hello,

I've just purchased an internal hard drive and an enclosure case to make a portable external hard drive to store my music. Its not working and I don't know enough about all this to know whats wrong. Can anyone help?

I have a Seagate Ultra ATA/100 Barracuda 7200.7 Model Number ST3120026A 120 Gig hard drive.

The enclosure is a no-name "Super Slim" external Storage System for 3.5 inch HDD. There's no brand name or anything like that. I bought it off eBay - you can see the auction here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5114906901&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

I followed the basic instructions to install the hard drive and since I have XP it was supposed to be Plug-and-Play. The first time I turned the power on, I got a pop-up saying there was a USB mass storage device attached. Then a message popped up saying there was an error in installation (I think that's what it said) and the device may not work correctly. Now I can't get anything to come up. I tried using the disk that was included with the enclosure but nothing happened.

I would really appreciate anything that anyone can offer on how to fix this and make it all work nicely for me.

Thanks.

 

[tubbers]

By the way, the hard drive seems to work fine. I can hear it running and feel the vibration when it spins after I power it up.

 

[micker377]

Now I can't get anything to come up"

On the new drive, or your whole system?