Bitlocker encryption and windows reinstallation

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Hi!I have a laptop with a 1TB HDD. I updated my OS from windows 10 Home to Pro (retail, bound to my Microsoft account). I then encrypted my drive using Bitlocker. My question is, if I replace my device's HDD with an SSD internal drive and use my Windows 10 pro key to install the OS to my SSD, how will my old HDD drive be affected? Will it automatically be decrypted since I installed the OS on a different drive/device already? I am hoping that installing the OS to another drive will automatically remove the encryption of my old drive so I won't have to decrypt my HDD anymore cause I know it wil

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