I purchased a 2021 Dell Latitude 5420 i7 with 16GB from a refurbisher. It runs Windows 10 Pro well as far as I can see, but I want to install Debian since I've preferred it for nearly 20 years.
There is a BIOS admin password set, so I cannot change the boot device and install from a USB stick. There does not seem to be a BIOS pw reset jumper on the board any more; the advice is to contact Dell. That fails because I'm not the registered owner and an attempt to register my ownership was rejected (can't say unreasonably) Online BIOS password generator fails because it's too new I presume. If vendor can supply satisfactory previous ownership data I could at least register and pay for a password from Dell. And finally the question - if I buy a new M2 SSD and install Debian to it using another machine, would that be expected to boot normally in place of the UEFI Windows 10 SSD which is there at the moment? Angus Mackenzie
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