Well, that was ugly...Windows 11

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So I felt challenged when Windows 10 told me I am not ready for Windows 11 because:

1. TPM wasn't available
2. Secure Boot wasn't available

No problem, Asus, my motherboard manufacturer had instructions for turning on both. Upgraded the bios, turned on both. No probem.

Except that Windows would not boot, would not repair startup, would not recover and would not reimage. Hmmm. Even after turning these settings off in the bios.

Backup in Windows only recovers personal files and documents and user settings. Not the actual OS or registry file unless you happen to have a Win10 disk which I don't have because I upgraded online. My bad.

So I had to do the unthinkable which was to reinstall Win10 from scratch and hose my current installation. Then reinstall about 100 different apps and plugins. This over a week of downloads and installing. Ok back in business.

TPM was on during the install as was secure boot but Windows 10 still tells me that I am running legacy mode verses UEFI even though the bios says otherwise. Welcome to the brave new world of Win11. Pffft. Not a problem if I want to buy my way into Win11. I just have to spend another grand on a new MB, Processor and Ram. I just bought these all new last year to run an i9 chip. Technology is your friend.