My parents have this desktop that won't post but I can't really decipher what the problem is... So I pull the HD to get some data off of it. It's an IDE 160gb maxtor, about 4-5 yrs old. I put it into a new external enclosure by Eagle and plug it into my laptop running winxp. It'll be detected for 1 second then disappear and this happens every 10 seconds or so. I can hear the HD still running and clicking every now and then but it just won't get recognized by the comp. I didn't know if it made a difference but I've tried switching the jumper settings around but nothing. The windows disk manager doesn't detect anything either. Is my HD dead or is my enclosure possibly faulty?
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