ACOMDATA External Hdd

Hi guys,
I have an external AcomData 80gig USB 2.0 hdd, bought last summer when i was in california. I had used it on my WINXP, it was working til i upgraded it to WINXP PRO. It doesnt work on any of my Windows based laptops, i researched it and it says it can work for MAC OS 8.5+ So i hooked it into the Mac Mini of mine. Nothing. I look under the Sys Prefs and shows nothing but the internal Hdd.

I looked on ACOMDATA.com, nothing there helps me. No Drivers or anything.
Can Anyone help me out?

Thanks

The Model is HD080U2E3-72

Appreciate the help

If you run the disk utiltiy application, can you see the disk on the mac mini?

nope, cant see anything, just has my combo drive when a disc is inside and the hdd....

Does it still work on your windows system?

it never worked with the XP Professional Upgrade, but the online driver said it would. so im goin to try a win 2k or 98 system to see if i can get it working. Might just of lost a prefectly good hdd do to failure..... im affraid of selling it as-is and somone take my good info off of it i need.

Don't forget to check the cable. I had the same drive but in the firewire version. it failed jet after a year of use. Hopefully that is not the case for you.

the cable failed? hmm, i have a good USB cable for my printer ill try that one on there. Hope thats the only problem. its not workin on windows either.

ended up being the IDE-USB converter card located inside the drive. i removed the IDE drive from the enclosure and bought another external enclosure and it works perfectly