I tried booting up Linux off of a pre-set up thumb drive and now my PC is getting the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error

Anonymous
2025-07-01T14:44:27+00:00

Whenever I boot up my PC I get a blue screen with the already mentioned error code on the screen. My PC then automatically restarts and brings me into recovery mode. I only have 6 options and the only option that actually does anything at all is the command prompt.

In case it's important, the other options in troubleshooting are: startup repair, UEFI firmware settings, system restore, uninstall updates, and system image recovery. When pressing startup repair it just tells me that it couldn't repair my PC. Selecting system restore, it tells me that I must specify which Windows installation to restore, the rest just dont do anything.

Messing around in the cmd prompt, I typed in chkdsk, and it says that the volume is in use by another process near the beginning of the assessment. Another command is tried was "bootrec/rebuildbcd" and it says that total identified windows installations is 0.

From here I've been lost on what exactly I should do after researching this problem online, the only things im able to do on my PC are using the cmd prompt and open the BIOS systems, which is from Omen, and is basically nothing like ive ever seen online in other BIOS systems.

Can someone help me boot up my PC normally again? Hoping to get this problem fixed before I choose to take it to get repaired by a professional, if anyone could spare some help, please, thank you, and have a nice day.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-07-02T02:37:45+00:00

Hi ,

Okay, So delete all disk 1 only disk 1 will be left as disk unallocated you select and next.

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  1. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-07-01T17:43:46+00:00

    Hi ,

    Select Download tool now, and select Run. You need to be an administrator to run this tool.

    https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2156295

    If you agree to the license terms, select Accept.

    On the What do you want to do? page, select Create installation media for another PC, and then select Next.

    Connect USB Flash Media > Open Media creation tools Select USB Flash Drive > Select letter USB Flash.

    Wait for the process to finish > Access the BIOS, disable Secure Boot and set the USB flash driver as the first and boot drive for installation.

    Remember, this process will clean your SSD drive and your computer's files will be deleted.

    Give feedback if the information was useful or not.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-07-01T17:54:16+00:00

    I would rather not delete my files if at all possible

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  3. Ivan B 124.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-07-01T17:56:45+00:00

    Hi ,

    There is a possibility, but I can't guarantee that it will work if you reinstall Windows while keeping the files.

    When you finish creating the USB Flash drive and booting the installation driver, on the screen select where to install Windows. Take a picture and post it here. See if the disk drive and partition appear. Don't do anything. Just see if they appear.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-07-01T17:59:45+00:00

    It will be a while until I am able to do that, but i will once I can

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