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Finally got it installed. Success always comes at a price they say. Persistence overcomes resistance and all that blah blah.
Ended up just doing a clean install of the ISO created following Kari's excellent UUP dump video, and rufus to make bootable USB.
It would seem there was just something dorked in my old install. No real surprise I suppose, as I can never leave well enough alone lol.
Thanks to everyone who tried to help me, Kari for the great video tutorial, and Wynona for convincing me Macrium is a great back up program.
peace
wanna