Trying to add a External Hard drive can some one help

Hey,
I got a hardrive docking station so that I could transfer over important files from my old hard drive to my new one.. But when I go to disk managment to try and set it up, it sees it, but says that the disk is
Unkown & Unreadable.. I tried right clicking it and it seems to know that it is a storage disk but I can't do anything with it..,
Probably just a noob problem(seeing as I have never added a drive., and I'm pretty knew at messing with them in the first place), i hope thats the case anyway..
I need the stuff Off this drive it contains a good amount of my work and I can't afford a data recovory service..,
please help?!
here's the Info on My Hard & soft ware:
hope its of use
HD docking station: "Thermaltake_black X duet_Dual Hard drives Docking station"
OS: Microsoft windows vista (home premium)
Version: 6.0.6000 build 6000
system manufacturer: Gateway

Hello,
This should have been asked in the
Windows forum on Microsoft Community.
Karl
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