Peterthegreat2
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Hi
I'm currently in the process of specifying a new build computer and as well as contemplating the precise specification of the hardware I have a couple of other concerns related to ongoing hardware maintenance.
I'm currently running a win 10 pro system that was a competent gaming machine when constructed some years ago. I am not involved in gaming but do have some video and photographic processing programs that are processor intensive. The Win 10 operating system derives from two previous upgrades starting from a win XP retail installation via win 7 pro. I am fairly certain my Win 10 pro installation is also a retail licence as a result. My data is stored on two 2Tb SSD drives. Personal information is stored in an encrypted file vault.
I have no experience of using a TPM although the current motherboard does include the option for a module to be installed.
The proposed specification of the new system is a Ryzen 7 5800X processor with a Nvidia 3060 GPU and a 500Gb M2 SSD for the operating system. My plan is to use the current SSD with the current Win 10 operating system with the new system to begin with and subsequently to clone this SSD on to the M2 SSD to become the new basis of the system. The old SSD will then become a backup disk. By doing this I expect (hope?) that my existing system which includes quite a number of fairly expensive programs will continue to run satisfactorily after the requisite motherboard drivers have been installed. This has been my fairly satisfactory experience in all my previous upgrades.
Now come the bits I need help on. The new motherboard will have a TPM module installed on the motherboard. Do I have the option not to use it on the Win 10 initial installation?
When I upgrade to Win 11 I will be obliged to use the TPM. I have done some reading up on this. As I understand the situation (which may not be correct) my operating system hard drive will be encrypted and the encryption key will be stored half on the TPM and half on the hard drive. Thus both parts of the key will be required in order to decrypt and run the operating system. So I have a number of questions.
1) will I still be able to produce a backup operating system disc by cloning the operating system disk?
2) What happens in the event of a motherboard or SSD failure? I know these events are rare but they do happen. Will this leave me having to start from square one and possibly finding the up-to-date data on the operating system M2 drive inaccessible?.
I would appreciate any authoritative guidance that is available on keeping my data and programs available in the event of some kind of fault even if it is as simple as a sudden power failure.
Many thanks
Peter
I'm currently in the process of specifying a new build computer and as well as contemplating the precise specification of the hardware I have a couple of other concerns related to ongoing hardware maintenance.
I'm currently running a win 10 pro system that was a competent gaming machine when constructed some years ago. I am not involved in gaming but do have some video and photographic processing programs that are processor intensive. The Win 10 operating system derives from two previous upgrades starting from a win XP retail installation via win 7 pro. I am fairly certain my Win 10 pro installation is also a retail licence as a result. My data is stored on two 2Tb SSD drives. Personal information is stored in an encrypted file vault.
I have no experience of using a TPM although the current motherboard does include the option for a module to be installed.
The proposed specification of the new system is a Ryzen 7 5800X processor with a Nvidia 3060 GPU and a 500Gb M2 SSD for the operating system. My plan is to use the current SSD with the current Win 10 operating system with the new system to begin with and subsequently to clone this SSD on to the M2 SSD to become the new basis of the system. The old SSD will then become a backup disk. By doing this I expect (hope?) that my existing system which includes quite a number of fairly expensive programs will continue to run satisfactorily after the requisite motherboard drivers have been installed. This has been my fairly satisfactory experience in all my previous upgrades.
Now come the bits I need help on. The new motherboard will have a TPM module installed on the motherboard. Do I have the option not to use it on the Win 10 initial installation?
When I upgrade to Win 11 I will be obliged to use the TPM. I have done some reading up on this. As I understand the situation (which may not be correct) my operating system hard drive will be encrypted and the encryption key will be stored half on the TPM and half on the hard drive. Thus both parts of the key will be required in order to decrypt and run the operating system. So I have a number of questions.
1) will I still be able to produce a backup operating system disc by cloning the operating system disk?
2) What happens in the event of a motherboard or SSD failure? I know these events are rare but they do happen. Will this leave me having to start from square one and possibly finding the up-to-date data on the operating system M2 drive inaccessible?.
I would appreciate any authoritative guidance that is available on keeping my data and programs available in the event of some kind of fault even if it is as simple as a sudden power failure.
Many thanks
Peter
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