MOVE HDD from 1 Lap to 2nd Laptop

Laptop 1 motherboard died.

How to moved the good HDD to a 2nd Laptop of the same make and model?

Will Windows boot up and auto configue to the different Laptop?

What is the best?  I new Windows install on a clean HDD then use the email that registered the leval copy of Windows on the old dead Laptop?
Thank you - SirGovGary - New Orleans