Secure Boot requires the GPT partition scheme and is one of the requirements for Windows 11. If you want to install or upgrade to Windows 11, your hard disk should ...

Decrypt your original discs to be able to create backups ...

There's a USB stick that lives on my desk, and it doesn't have a single Linux distro on it that I actually use as a daily driver. It exists for one reason, and one reason only: managing partitions.