Windows 10: My HDD running Win10 has failed. What next?

I realize to some this is a really basic issue and fix. Please forgive me if this is not the sub for this question.

I was running an HP laptop with windows 10 home. The hard drive has failed. I have an odor HP running windows seven and I would like to use that hard drive in my HP laptop that was running windows 10. However I have forgotten the password on the laptop running windows seven.

Here are the questions I need help with. 1) Since I have forgotten the password on the laptop running Windows 7 is it possible to get around the need of a password to logon so that I can format it to Windows 10 to use on my other laptop? And, 2) what’s the best way to get Windows 10 on the HDD running Win7 if I’m able to successfully get pass the forgotten password? Thank you in advance for your assistance with this.

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Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

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