Laptop cannot see externa drive

imicro IM25COM-BK is an external Hard Drive for USB 2.0. 1. Did you install the Driver which came with your Drive? 2. Are you sure it is connected to an USB 2.0 port? Some computers come with USB 1.1 !

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"Joecolvette" has probably got it right, I've seen this before. The HDD enclosure circuit board has a fault. Can be resolved by replacing the enclosure. Plenty on ebay, just ensure you buy one with the correct HDD interface (Sata or IDE).

Alternatively, if you have a tower with a spare port, you could take the HDD out of the caddy, install it in the tower as a "Slave" (check jumper settings) ensuring the system drive is set to "Master". Then you can check whether the HDD itself is at fault.

the hdd enclose may be bad/faulty
try connecting the hard drive inside your computer doing away with the hdd enclosure
the light only means its getting power not a connection to hdd
hope this helps

you can get a sata to USB converter cord(cable). thats he easiest way you can connect to your PC

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Generally speaking, you can replace any SATA hard drive with any other SATA hard drive. Notebook SATA drives are all the same size, basically, (2.5 inch), and desktop drives are generally the same size (3.5 inch), Desktop and notebook SATA drives will connect to the same power and interface cables, though desktop drives require more power. Just make sure that you pick a 2.5" drive for your notebook, or 3.5" drive for your desktop, and the drive will attach with no problems.

As for the size of the drive, to my knowledge, any system with SATA should support any size SATA drive (I put a 500 gig drive in my notebook, where the stock drive was 160 gig).

fan most likely is covered with dust