I just got a 2.5" HDD and an external USB 1.1 and 2.0 case, and it doesn't work on my IBM thinkpad R32. I tryed it on both my desktops and it worked as soon as i pluged it in but when i pluged it into my laptop it didn't even know it was connected so i though it was the USB drivers, so i download windows xp service pack 1 and a BIOS update and an intel chipset update and it still didn't work. Can anyone please help me