I had a 80G HDD IDE laying around so I bought a enclosure yesterday. Evey time I try to copy to i it freezes up. I can copy the same info to other HDD's that I have with no problems. I have reformatted the enclosure drive. I have even tried in safe mode with no luck. The jumper is set to to CS if your wondering.

THANK YOU

Try to use some free tools like Spinrite to check the surface of the disk. It will probably scan your disk for several days but at least it can fix many errors in the disk.

I just scanned it and it failed Random Seek Test, Funnel Seek Test and Surface Scan Test. It was working fine about a month ago in a system I had. Thanks N1K, I should have tested it but neglected to since it was working fine in another system.

Although it failed to pass these tests, I still recommend SpinRite. Spinrite supports only IDE disks and there's big possibility that it will fix problems with your disk. You should at least try

Thanks N1K. I will try it. I have to find the software agin, I lost it awhile back.

Alright N1K, It's going to be 150 hours, so hopefully it works, since I have a computer down for that time. LOL. I will let you know.