I was thinking about putting this hard drive in my main machine as a removable drive and try to rename that one file back
startup repair couldn't repair your PC
I rebooted the computer and got the auto repair attempt then went into advanced and tried the start up repair. no success.
put in the clone that I had made and just for a little insurance, cloned the clone onto a brand new ssd. used the clone fine all day. booting up the computer gave me the same issue on the 2nd hard drive. put the 3rd clone in and within 24 hours I have 3 separate hard drives that will not boot, all with the same error.
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Anonymous
2025-04-23T13:20:26+00:00 Ok did that, startup repair could not fix
restore said to reboot and choose an operating system, which I can never get to that
now on boot I get a blue recovery screen that has the options for recovery environment, startup settings and uefi firmware
I choose F8 and choose safe mode
it just goes back to the bsod inaccessable boot device
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DaveM121 936.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-04-23T12:59:25+00:00 If you are unable to boot into Windows, try accessing the recovery environment using these steps.
Start your PC, just as Windows attempts to load (spinning dots), press and hold Power Button for 5 - 10 seconds to perform a Hard Shut Down
Do this twice
On the third start Windows will boot into the Recovery Environment and from there you can access System Repair, Safe Mode, Command Prompt... etc.
Please try each option one at a time, then see if Windows will boot up normally.
Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - Startup Repair
See if Windows startup can repair itself
Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - System Restore
Check to see if you have a restore point you can go back to
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Anonymous
2025-04-23T12:46:32+00:00 error code 0xc0000001
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Anonymous
2025-04-23T12:45:38+00:00 I renamed that file to old, now when I boot I get bsod inaccessible boot device