External 2.5" HDD no driver found?

[nguyen704]

I've been using a 2.5" Hitachi 80GB 5400rpm SATA as an external storage device for some time now. Works fine and all, then one day when I plug it in, I get a "no driver found" and I can't access it at all. I'm thinking either the HDD is dead or my external case holding is defective. Does anyone know of this problem?

 

[DougLite]

"No driver found" ... Can you post a screenshot of this behavior occuring?

It's a SATA drive, you can connect it directly to any half way current system without any adapters to rule out problems with the enclosure.

 

[nguyen704]

Here is the pic:

 

[DougLite]

Bust the drive out of the enclosure and try it in another enclosure or directly attached to SATA ports on your motherboard/eSATA.