Looking over the replies above it appears that the advice given in the prior posts is excellent.
This is a SATA drive so you do not need to worry about jumpers / master / slave / CS.
I could be wrong, but the links below are likely your HDD enclosure. If that is it then it is the Hantol HB35S enclosure.
http://www.hantol.cn/main.asp?item=4733&idcat=10010http://www.hantol.cn/public/HB35S.pdfhttp://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog_v2 ... pe=productThat enclosure is only able to handle up to a 750 GB drive. I hope you did not buy a 1/1.5/2 TB drive.
There really shouldn't be long instructions for this setup. It is pretty generic. Be careful in step 2 not to damage the connectors. It is best to do steps 2 + 3 while you and the enclosure are grounded.
1. open the enclosure
2. connect the disk drive electrically to the interface board (lay flat/slide in) - CAREFUL
3. connect the disk drive mechanically to the enclosure (bolt it in/etc.)
4. close the enclosure - do not over tighten and strip the threads - CAREFUL
5. plug in the power adapter to the disk drive enclosure with the power off
6. boot the laptop and login
7. connect the USB cable from the disk drive enclosure to the laptop
8. turn the power on by the disk drive enclosure power switch
9. wait 1 minute (or less) then start the disk management software on your laptop
If you are using any modern version of Windows you should not need FDISK. The disk management software will take care of that. See the disk management links provided by fzabkar.
To provide further specific advice please tell us:
- your OS
- what is the exact disk drive model number (for example WD3200AAKX or WD1600AAJS)
Please answer the questions Vulcan asked. If you can please give the images Vulcan asks for ... particularly (c) (d) and (e).
Please describe what actions you take right before you get the error message. Please give us the exact text of the error message.