
If all else fails can I reformat my "system" drive and re install Windows to reset Acronis Image functionality to normal. I returned my BIOS setting to Discrete TMP 1.2, but of course to no avail as the impact on Acronis Recovery function appears to be permanent. My mother board is an ASUS ROC Strix Z370E. This also applies to any new Acronis backup images.

The problem is I have lost restore functionality to a system target drive of my backup Acronis images. Bitlocker IS NOT activated for any of my drives In all other ways all my hard drives are accessible when operating normally under Windows 10 Pro. I was also never given the opportunity to find, read or record a key. I read about a "key" to unlock the volume on which the image file was saved, but I never wrote down any key. Acronis tells me that "even though I can complete a restore function from any particular image file, it will not boot from the target restore drive". I now find that I cannot restore from any of my "Acronis" backup image files to a specific "system" target drive. Please note that when the recovery key is lost or when the BIOS ROM chip is replaced, the system will not boot into the operating system and the data will stay encrypted and cannot be restored."

The firmware TPM key will be stored in Intel ME data region once you enable Intel PTT and Windows BitLocker for drive encryption. "Intel PTT is a hardware TPM 2.0 implementation integrated in Intel ME/CSME/TXE for credential storage and key management. Foolishly I ignored the warning given by the BIOS configuration. In addition, Universal Restore, built into Acronis backup and recovery products, enables backups to be restored to a dissimilar system - for example. I made the error of switching from "Discrete TPM 1.2 to Firmware TPM 2.0 in order to upgrade my Windows 10 Pro to W11.
