Booting MBP HDD as an External to a PC

So it finally happened... the magsafe power cord failed to do its job (really I just wasn't being careful enough) and got snagged. End rsult, my MBP is now rendered fairly useless. It will turn on, but stays on the boot screen and then flashes the folder w/ "?" icon. Anyways, I'm over it, just want to get my data off it.
I currently don't have another mac around me to test if booting in FW target mode will work. But I was wondering if I manually pull my HDD and plug it into a 2.5" SATA HDD case, and plug it into a PC, will it be able to read the data (assuming the drive is still intact)?
I'd appreciate any insight you guys have.
Thanks

Well here is the biggest problem, the Mac that the drive came out of was damaged and we do not know the state of the drive. Especially since the drive was not being read by the Mac which was the reason for the ? at boot.
Now it could be assumed that the Mac was flashing the ? at boot because the logic board got hosed when the Magsafes' Cord safety featres failed you! But it could be that it actually damaged the drive and if the Mac was running during the time of the accident, then the drive could have damaged some sector information (data).
So back to Macdrive...
Macdrive may not be able to read the drive because it is corrupt.
Here is what I suggest:
1. Make sure that you have the proper power to your external enclosure.
2. Reboot the Windows machine and try again.
3. Read this guide from Macdrives knowledge base and then attempt step-2, to repair the Mac drive.
http://assist.mediafour.com/index.php?a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&i=34&nav2=MacDrive
I would use caution as this is a 3rd party application that you will be using in an attempt to read through your disk and repair corruption. There is always a possibility of data loss.
4. Contact Macdrives' tech support.
One more thing! Can you boot the Mac into the OSX install DVD? If so then you can attempt a disk repair using OSX Disk Utilities form the install DVD.
To run DU from the OSX install DVD:
1. Power-on Mac and insert the DVD into the drive, then power-off.
2. Power-on the Mac and immediately press and hold the "C-key" until you get to the OSX Installation Language selection screen, select your language then continue.
3. From the Welcome screen, select Utilities --> Disk Utilities from the tool bar.
4. In DU select your drive (if it appears) from the left pane then select First Aid in the right pane.
5. From First Aid press the "Repair Disk" button, if DU reports errors then run it again until it read no errors found.

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