On 04/23/2011 09:08 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip]
JFYI, I own an external 3.5" USB enclosure¹ (I have more, but are completely unbranded :-P) and still haven't had any problem with it and features an internal combo interface to connect both IDE/SATA hard disks:
For a decade, I've had a series of generic PATA (and now SATA) USB enclosures. All have worked flawlessly.
Maybe OP's problem is the drive, not the enclosure? -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749