i know from searching around that this is a common problem, but i haven't been able to find a solution. thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

i pulled an 80GB Hitachi Deskstar from a dead motherboard that was running Windows XP. i bought an external HD enclosure and I am trying to hook it up via USB to my new computer running Vista Home. i'd like to save the data on the HD, but at this point even formatting it and getting Vista to recognize it would be fine.

when i plug the USB cord in, i get the "ding-dong" indicating something has been plugged in, but nothing pops up, no components show up in "my computer," and i'm pretty sure it's not recognized in "device manager" either, although i'm not 100 percent sure where to look. under "Disk Management," only Disk 0 has anything next to it, and this seems to be my main internal HD.

i've hooked the drive up internally as a slave to a friend's computer running XP and it recognized it, so i know the drive isn't corrupt.

any steps on how to get Vista to recognize the drive, or even on how to format it from my machine, would be appreciated.

thanks in advance,
Jason

UPDATE:
it seems as if the enclosure i bought (Mapower H31M) may not be compatible with Windows Vista as I can't seem to find a driver on the CD that came with it or on Mapower's website.
Note: Mapower customer service is nonexistent.

If there is a driver out there and anyone knows where I can obtain it, i'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Jason