I'm sorry, but I'm not clearly following your sequence.

Here's a link to HS Clean Install by iMore

Is that what you did?

BTW, I'm not having any issues with HS. And as I have an SSD, my local volume is now using APFS.

MacStudio M1max - 14.4.1, 64 GB Ram, 4TB SSD; Studio Display; iPhone 13mini; Watch 9; iPadPro (M2) 11" WiFi