USB drive compatibility with Lion ?

Hi all, i have a an Exteranl USB Enclosure that contains a 3.5" IDE drive, this works fine when plugged into my 15" MacBookPro with LION and it also worked perfectly when i had Snow Leopard.
So why does it NOT work when plugged into a friends 13" MacBookPro with Snow Leopard ?????
Any ideas anyone, please
BTW. It doesnt show up in Disk Utility either !.
Tim

Hi,
I would check their USB Ports to see if they are working (try another port or another device in that same port)
You could check in System Profiler/Information in Lion.
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