My external hard drive has suddenly stopped working and the light's not flashing

Hello everyone.
I have an external hard drive that I've been using for the past year. It's a Porsche Design. No on/off button, just a light that flashes white when it's plugged in. The other day I found that the lead had been bent and the hard drive no longer worked when plugged in, so I bought another identical lead, brand new but the hard drive is simply not showing up. The light's not flashing, it's not showing up in my disk utility, it's nowhere.
Does anyone have any idea on what may be the problem and if there's a way of troubleshooting
Thanks
Tom

MBP = MacBook Pro.
The enclosure is the case in which an external HDD is mounted in. This is an example:
If you have access to another external HDD, take out the existing HDD, install the 'questionable' HDD and connect it to the MBP. If it does not show in Disk Utility, the HDD is dead. If it does show in disk utility, then there is a flaw in the connections (bad enclosure or cable).
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