Question about switching external cases

[shinmoru]

So I have an old Western Digital 320gb external hard drive that has a faultly case port and I can no longer connect it to my computer with my usb to mini usb cord (at least that's what I think the port is). So I was wondering is it possible to just buy a new external enclosure and take the hard drive out of the old case and into the new without any problems?

 

[sminlal]

Absolutely. Pretty much any SATA-compatible external enclosure should work just fine.