Windows displays INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE BSOD during startup

The problem: Computer crashes with 'INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE' blue screen error during boot.

Symptoms: Blue screen appears during boot with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error; system crashes repeatedly on startup; cannot boot Windows.

Likely cause: Storage driver missing or corrupted; Boot Configuration Data (BCD) corrupted; SSD/HDD driver incompatibility; disk connection loose; Windows installed on inaccessible partition.

Category: Boot & Startup · Difficulty: Advanced · Windows: Both · Error code: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

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