Windows 10: GPT wont install or boot Windows 10

Well, to be honest 99% of the info on the net does not address this problem.It started with Windows 11 telling me I was not using secure boot.So I read where this can be solved by converting your ssd to GPT ...well what a mess.Did the conversion and Windows refused to install because it was a GPT disk.So, some bright spark sends me on the diskpart merry go round ,but all this does is convert it back to MBR , so that was useless info.Second once Windows 10 is installed and you check to see if you can Upgrade to Windows 11 it says no because you are not using secure boot.Well, I am ,so it wont g

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GPT dilemma

Yes. I'm using WIndows 7 x64. I know that GPT and MBR partitioning applies to the entire disk, but Win7 won't install on pre-pariotioned GPT-marked HDD, and Linux wont install, if there is already 3 NTFS partitions + boot.
So, I've decided to go with my old setup: leave 2 windows partitions and utilize the rest in LVM for linux.

 

Windows 7 wont install drivers

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If you having an issue installing a driver that worked before you formatted or wont install on a fresh build, sometimes this means hardware damage

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks