PLEASE HELP - Inacessible_Boot_Device issue

[WCKD_TV]

OS: Windows 11 Professional Retail (What I was using prior to BIOS update and windows booting issue)

 

PC BUILD:

Case: Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX PC Case

PSU: AX1600i Digital ATX Power Supply — 1600 Watt Fully-Modular PSU

Motherboard: ROG Maximus Z790 Hero w/ WIFI (Currently have the Crucial gen 5 SSD in the M.2 card occupying the second expansion slot directly below my GPU. I believe this splits lanes with my GPU that is in expansion slot 1)

CPU: Intel i9-13900K

GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX4090 Founders Edition

AIO: CORSAIR - iCUE H150i ELITE LCD XT 120mm Fans + 360mm Radiator Liquid Cooling System with IPS LCD Screen - Black
RAM: DOMINATOR® PLATINUM RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 DRAM 6600MHz C32 Memory Kit - Installed: 2 Have: 4 ...I want to install the other 2, but not sure if it will cause problems (Ram is set at 6600MHz in Asus Bios)

SSD: 

A) Crucial T700 2TB Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD - Up to 12,400 MB/s - Direct Storage Enabled - CT2000T700SSD3 

B) 990 PRO PCIe^® 4.0 NVMe™ SSD 2TB

C) 990 PRO PCIe^® 4.0 NVMe™ SSD 2TB 

SSD NOTE: The Crucial SSD is in the M.2 expansion which is locked into slot 2 on my MB. The Samsung 990 Pro SSD's are in the standard SSD slots under the heatsink directly on the MB.

FANS: (All Corsair)

(3) LL120 RGB Fans on Balanced under AIO Radiator pulling out top of case & (3) AF120 RGB Elite PWM Fans on Balanced on top of AIO Radiator pushing out top of case.

(3) LL120 RGB Fans on Balanced - Intake on the front of the case

(3) LL120 RGB Fans on Calm - Exhausting on the front left of the case

(1) On MB AIO Pump Port - Exhaust fan out the back of the case

 

MONITORS: 60hz

(2) Dell 32 Curved 4K UHD Monitor - S3221QS 

 

Note: If you need specs, BIOS info or anything else, please let me know! This is my PC in the office and I am not able to work while this issue persists.  

 

What Caused the Issue: (Walkthrough)

I have been getting blue screened randomly and yesterday checked MyASUS and saw that there were a bunch of new bios versions for my MB. Downloaded the most current BIOS to a FAT32 USB and renamed it using the provided BIOS rename tool. Plugged it into the bios USB slot in my PC and used EZ Flasher in the BIOS to get the update. Upon downloading the PC restarted and then brought me to a "press F1 to run setup" screen. I then hit F1 and it brought me into bios. I then wanted to boot into windows to use my PC normally, so I chose the one boot option listed “windows boot manager (one of my SSD’s)” and clicked on it, therefore attempting the boot. It then goes to a blue screen saying "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you" and below that it says "Stop code: INACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE". I have provided pictures of this error message as attachments. I figured something went wrong with the BIOS version update and then made a new USB containing the prior BIOS version that I had before doing the first flash, and then tried booting and it came back with the same issue. 

 

The Issue: (My Assumption)

I believe that the OS files that allow the PC to boot into windows were moved, deleted or something of that sort out of the primary internal SSD that it was originally downloaded onto. Because of this, when trying to boot using the internal SSD listed in the boot options (Only option available), it is not able to find the files needed to boot. I do have two other internal SSD's in the PC and those are not showing as boot options. 

 

Solution? 

I want to reinstall the windows OS system onto the PC using a USB drive, but do not want to loose any of the files, bookmarks, applications/programs that were on it prior to the BIOS update that caused this issue. How can I boot windows 11 with a USB drive, so that I can re-copy the Windows 11 OS files back onto the SSD once I have access to files in windows, all while keeping all my data, files and applications safe. I don't want a clean install, basically just want to add the windows 11 boot files back onto the internal SDS that BIOS uses to boot. 

 

If you have any other methods, information, solutions, etc, please let me know! 

Thank you!

Edited October 19, 2023 by WCKD_TV

[ItTakes2ToMango]

13 minutes ago, WCKD_TV said:

 

 

Note: If you need specs

 

 

Always post specs in the troubleshooting forum, please

[ItTakes2ToMango]

16 minutes ago, WCKD_TV said:

 

 

Solution? 

I want to reinstall the windows OS system onto the PC using a USB drive, but do not want to loose any of the files, bookmarks, applications/programs that were on it prior to the BIOS update that caused this issue. How can I boot windows 11 with a USB drive, so that I can re-copy the Windows 11 OS files back onto the SSD once I have access to files in windows, all while keeping all my data, files and applications safe. I don't want a clean install, basically just want to add the windows 11 boot files back onto the internal SDS that BIOS uses to boot. 

 

 

 

 

Have you tried the built-in windows startup repair? or SFC?

 

I don't think these will work, but they are good and mindless first steps

 

Can you try booting into any linux distro and successfully read/access all drives? It would narrow some things down either which way it goes. Working or not.

[WCKD_TV]

2 minutes ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

 

 

Have you tried the built-in windows startup repair? or SFC?

 

I don't think these will work, but they are good and mindless first steps

 

Can you try booting into any linux distro and successfully read/access all drives? It would narrow some things down either which way it goes. Working or not.

I updated the post with my PC Build specs. I would have to research what linux distro is. My knowledge is fairly limited as this is my first PC

[ItTakes2ToMango]

1 minute ago, WCKD_TV said:

I updated the post with my PC Build specs. I would have to research what linux distro is. My knowledge is fairly limited as this is my first PC

Linux, in short, is like another OS - like windows and Mac - except it can come in a lot of flavors, if you will.

 

A Linux distro is the common term for these "flavors"

 

You should learn how to boot into linux from a USB, and use it's built in disk management to see if you can do anything to the drives. If this is your first PC, I would try to boot into Ubuntu desktop, or Kali desktop. These are both relatively easy to understand UI, where the bulk of your work once booted is just searching for "Disk management" or whatever they may call it in those distros.

 

 

 

Here's a video of someone booting with Kali from a USB drive

[Kilrah]

Likely the new BIOS changes the default mode of the storage controller from AHCI to RAID/VMD. You should be able to change it in the BIOS settings and boot again.

[ItTakes2ToMango]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

Likely the new BIOS changes the default mode of the storage controller from AHCI to RAID/VMD. You should be able to change it in the BIOS settings and boot again.

After reconsideration, this is actually the likely answer. @WCKD_TV

[WCKD_TV]

46 minutes ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

After reconsideration, this is actually the likely answer. @WCKD_TV

Not sure if any of these bios settings pics help or not

[Kisai]

2 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Likely the new BIOS changes the default mode of the storage controller from AHCI to RAID/VMD. You should be able to change it in the BIOS settings and boot again.

This is almost certainly it.

 

Also if you didn't save the UEFI boot configuration, you might be able to restore it by selecting the correct AHCI or RAID mode and then just telling it to boot the OS "drive" and it will figure it out. If it doesn't you can usually just dig through the UEFI partition for the correct boot file.

 

[WCKD_TV]

Just now, WCKD_TV said:

Not sure if any of these bios settings pics help or not

 

Just now, WCKD_TV said:

Not sure if any of these bios settings pics help or not

 

[WCKD_TV]

28 minutes ago, Kisai said:

This is almost certainly it.

 

Also if you didn't save the UEFI boot configuration, you might be able to restore it by selecting the correct AHCI or RAID mode and then just telling it to boot the OS "drive" and it will figure it out. If it doesn't you can usually just dig through the UEFI partition for the correct boot file.

 

Is this what you are talking about? My storage info in BIOS shows the three internal SSD’s as RAID and then I have the USB with the windows creation installer in case I have to clean install windows 

[WCKD_TV]

Fixed it!! Intel Rapid Storage Technology was turned on and that was not allowing windows OS to boot. Turned it off, reset the pc and it brought me to my user login

 

I appreciate the help everyone!