Will a 3.5" sata enclosure work with Windows 8? Apparently not! (Dylanpumped)

Hi all, I have a Western Digital essential 'my book' 500GB hdd. which recently 'broke' (power problem). So, I've removed the hdd from the case and am now looking for 3.5" sata enclosure to connect it to my laptop with. Something like this below: http:/..