External Harddrives

I have 2 external harddrives that aren't seen by my Macbook Pro, OS 10.7.5, yet they are both seen and usable on my older G4 eMac, OS 10.4.11. One of the harddrives has its own power supply and the other relies on the power supplied from the USB port. Neither drive shows up on the Disk Utility program. All of the thumb drives show up and work perfectly, so I don't think that its the USB port. Any thoughts, ideas, or solutions?? Thanx for your time to reply.

Hints:
1) Do a google search on the external enclosure to see what other people are saying about it.
2) Buy a model being sold by a mac only dealer.
The oxford 911 chipset has a good reviews when used with the mac.
Robert

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