Windows 10: Wife's laptop motherboard failed, her hard dive is encrypted. Can I put that hard drive in...

Title pretty much says it all. The old hard drive would be connected to the new computer via a USB cord,I do have the 48-digit number recovery key, so the idea is that the new computer could unencrypt the old hard and needed information could then be passed on to the new computer's hard drive.Can it be done that way?Or, is there a better way of dealing with this problem?

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Hard Drives= Number 1 Failing Component?

ive killed more motherboards than hard drives, only two drives have failed on me, and one was in a laptop that I launched across the room...

 

Laptop hard drive upgrade

To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.

 

Recovery from failed hard drive

Hi,

To assist you better, please answer the following questions;

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  What is the make and model of the hard drive?
  
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  Did you get any error messages while using the failed hard drive?
  
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  When you say failed hard drive, are you referring to external hard drive or internal hard drive?
  

I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft help article, which explains about the recovery option in Windows 10 and check if it help.

Recovery options in Windows - Microsoft Support

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