Long title, but long question/problem. I ramble, so I'll pose a quick question, which is pretty much the title, and give more info.
Got my son a new m.2 a few months back. Cloned his older m.2 and worked fine. A day or two later he kept getting "No Boot Device Found". I couldn't figure out the problem and I got around it by disabling the TPM. Every month, with Window's monthly, bigger update, he'll turn on his computer and get the same message again. I'll go in and have to disable it all over again (and really F'ING annoyed that Windows is able to make changes to the BIOS, especially without permission).
Would turning on the TPM and do an "install in place" fix this issue? Or would I have to do a full reformat (or keep turning the stuff off every month with M$ decides to F*** around with it again). He's mostly interested in keeping Win 10, though I don't think it would matter a great deal either way.
Son's (he's 14. Knows enough how to work a computer, and I've had him join in on a few builds growing up, including the one he has now, which is a hand-me-down) system is:
Core i9 10940X @ 4.8GHz (I had it at 5.2, all core. Upgraded to Core i9 11900K for PCIe 4)
Gigabyte Aorus X299X Master motherboard
4x4GB DDR4 3200 RAM
EVGA RTX 3050
m.2 is WD Black SN750 1tb, upgraded from a Samsung 960 Pro 512gb. (Uses it for gaming, but downloads TONNES (Canadian) of mods, especially stuff for Garry's Mod).
He also has an old 2TB mechanical in his system that's unplugged at the moment. When I gave him his first initial system (he's been getting my hand-me-downs for years, along with a Plex media server I also run), I put in the 2TB mechanical and told him to use that for downloads, mods, etc. Stuff that would be backed up in case we ever needed to reformat. I didn't know until I bought him the new m.2 for his birthday that he was actually using the D: drive to install his Steam games, and run them from that. Massive step up, as you can imagine.
Anyway,
Got my son a new m.2 a few months back. Cloned his older m.2 and worked fine. A day or two later he kept getting "No Boot Device Found". I couldn't figure out the problem and I got around it by disabling the TPM. Every month, with Window's monthly, bigger update, he'll turn on his computer and get the same message again. I'll go in and have to disable it all over again (and really F'ING annoyed that Windows is able to make changes to the BIOS, especially without permission).
Would turning on the TPM and do an "install in place" fix this issue? Or would I have to do a full reformat (or keep turning the stuff off every month with M$ decides to F*** around with it again). He's mostly interested in keeping Win 10, though I don't think it would matter a great deal either way.
Son's (he's 14. Knows enough how to work a computer, and I've had him join in on a few builds growing up, including the one he has now, which is a hand-me-down) system is:
Core i9 10940X @ 4.8GHz (I had it at 5.2, all core. Upgraded to Core i9 11900K for PCIe 4)
Gigabyte Aorus X299X Master motherboard
4x4GB DDR4 3200 RAM
EVGA RTX 3050
m.2 is WD Black SN750 1tb, upgraded from a Samsung 960 Pro 512gb. (Uses it for gaming, but downloads TONNES (Canadian) of mods, especially stuff for Garry's Mod).
He also has an old 2TB mechanical in his system that's unplugged at the moment. When I gave him his first initial system (he's been getting my hand-me-downs for years, along with a Plex media server I also run), I put in the 2TB mechanical and told him to use that for downloads, mods, etc. Stuff that would be backed up in case we ever needed to reformat. I didn't know until I bought him the new m.2 for his birthday that he was actually using the D: drive to install his Steam games, and run them from that. Massive step up, as you can imagine.
Anyway,
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