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Clearing TPM after restoring SSD from a USB restore key questions
Version 22H2 OS build 19045.2788 Windows 10 Pro
Created USB restore key for my SSD and completed the restore process. It came a warning message "Warning: Clearing erases information stored on the TPM. You will lose all created keys and access to the data encrypted by these keys." Press F12 to clear the TPM or press ESC to reject this change request and continue." I ran this recovery process on a backup clone drive of my PC drive to see how it works and understand the process but am left with the question if I chose to clear the TPM would it have blocked access to my original drive if I put the original back in the system and booted to it? I have to enter a pin upon windows startup as my system sits now. If I cleared the TPM and the original drive is expecting me to enter a pin that the TPM is no longer aware of because I cleared it when the cloned drive was in the system would it block access to the original drive? I chose not to clear it and the original drive functions fine. I just don't want to play around and kill access to it by doing a system restore and clearing of TPM while a cloned version of the drive is in the system..