Thanks for your response > Packages are partitioned into a main and sub-packages, so that > the bloat of un-needed matter is avoided. UEFI is relatively > new, and until Windows 10, not really mandated by Microsoft > installations. Also the needed hardware (a TPM chip) was not > universally present, and so that sub-package would seem to be > bloat to most people Understood. > As to how to get a copy, using an second machine to retrieve > the needed package, and placing it on a data stick comes to > mind. But how to get it into the system that can only be booted in rescue mode from my USB stick? I will try using a second USB stick Cheers Bill