So, I have updated Motherboard BIOS, and the chipset drivers (AMD B550 Phantom Gaming 4 Motherboard.
Now, when I run the setup for the iso file, I get a message telling me that it couldnt install becasue I dont have sufficient space on my Windows drive.
I check, and it has 112Gb free out of 229GB. Its an SSD.
So I run the HVIscan_amd64 tool which previously reported on incompatible drivers (now all removed) and it tells me:
VbsGetIssues: 0x00006008
IOMMU required
Failing to meet 52GB minimum required volume size
System drive SSD required
VbsIsRecommended: 0
HVCI incompatible driver scan start...
HVCI: Driver scanning complete
HVCI incompatible driver scan passed!
This just gets better and better
I don't know what the IOMMU error refers to. Searches show its something to do with ebabling memory intergrity or virtualisation support.
I am SERIOUSLY considering booting the machine and installing a ~Linux distro. and to hell with this rubbish.
This has to be one of the most shambolic updates microsoft has ever released