If I plug a hibernated hard-drive to another laptop, what will happen to the hibernated hard-drive?

This is nothing too tech-savvy like mounting...

If I do these things:

1. Put my laptop into "hibernate" state instead of shutting it down


2. Open the back of the laptop (I mean something like this)


3. Pull out the hard-drive from the back


4. Put the hard-drive into an external hard-drive casing, something like this:
   


5. Plug the hard-drive into another laptop via USB, just like plugging in USB hard-drive. Like this:
   

What would happen to the hibernated hard-drive?

• Would this procedure damage the hard-drive in any way (since it is still "hibernate" state)?


• Would the laptop (another laptop) read the data inside the hard-drive?


• Would it be safe to use the hard-drive as an external hard-drive in the long run (in case the original laptop is broken)?

I hope I lay out my question/explanation clear, since English is not my mother tounge. Thank you in advance!

Answer

No damage would occur; the hibernated drive would be perfectly readable, and safe to use for however long you like.

Deleting the hibernation state file (\hiberfil.sys on a Windows drive) would make it impossible to restore from hibernation if you ever put the drive back in its original laptop; you'd have to boot up like any other time you start up the machine from power off. That's the worst you can do to it, though.