external hd enclosure connected to 2 computers

Eruditass

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I have this external enclosure with usb and sata on the back. What happens if I plug it into two computers? I have it connected to a HTPC but when it is being used to watch a movie (on a different drive), I wanted to do access some files on the HD without "safe removing" it from the HTPC.

Would it be recognized fine on the other PC? Corrupt files if being accessed or written at the same time? Do nothing? Disconnect itself from the first? Destroy the HD? Destroy the SATA and/or USB port of the computers? the enclosure? Intelligently queue up requests from both machines?
 
I would think the controller would switch to the most recently connected interface and kill the connection the other interface.
 
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