Windows 10: Fresh install of Windows 10 from an internal hard drive to new PC?

Hey everyone! Quick question here.

I’m building a new PC, and I don’t have a large enough USB drive to install Windows 10 directly, but I do have an empty hard drive that I’m going to be moving from my old PC to the new build (along with a brand new 2 TB HDD).

Is it possible to install Windows 10 from the old empty hard drive? And if so, would it be as simple as unpacking the ISO file to the HDD and plugging it in?

Keep in mind I don’t want to transfer Windows from my old PC, I want to start completely fresh. (Saw tutorials for that if that’s the route I wanted to go down.)

Thanks in advance!

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