Question "Inaccessible Boot Drive" BSOD after updating SATA drivers ?

[Trikz]

So I have a bit of a long and annoying story..

I've had Windows 10 installed on my PC for a little more than two years now. It is installed on my 1TB NVMe SSD, never had any problems. As available space got increasingly smaller, I decided to install a 2nd SSD (via SATA). Upon installation, I realized that the new SATA SSD wasn't being recognized by Windows at all within disk management. I was never able to successfully create a partition for the drive. I researched some possible fixes, one of them being updating SATA drivers.

I went to Asus's site to find the appropriate drivers for my motherboard. Downloaded and installed. I restarted my system, but since then I haven't been able to access Windows at all.
The BSOD is Inaccessible Boot Drive". I've tried to do a system restore, but Windows says there are no available points in the past to choose from. I have tried restoring from an image but again Windows can't find any to restore from. My system can't even access BIOS, it ignores any input. I'm lost here and any help is greatly appreciated!

At this point I'm pretty certain the attempted installation of the SATA drivers is the issue.. I just have no idea how to fix it.

Thank you!

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec?
bsod on Inaccessible Boot Drive? or is the bios error?

 

[Bob.B]

So I have a bit of a long and annoying story..

I've had Windows 10 installed on my PC for a little more than two years now. It is installed on my 1TB NVMe SSD, never had any problems. As available space got increasingly smaller, I decided to install a 2nd SSD (via SATA). Upon installation, I realized that the new SATA SSD wasn't being recognized by Windows at all within disk management. I was never able to successfully create a partition for the drive. I researched some possible fixes, one of them being updating SATA drivers.

I went to Asus's site to find the appropriate drivers for my motherboard. Downloaded and installed. I restarted my system, but since then I haven't been able to access Windows at all.
The BSOD is Inaccessible Boot Drive". I've tried to do a system restore, but Windows says there are no available points in the past to choose from. I have tried restoring from an image but again Windows can't find any to restore from. My system can't even access BIOS, it ignores any input. I'm lost here and any help is greatly appreciated!

At this point I'm pretty certain the attempted installation of the SATA drivers is the issue.. I just have no idea how to fix it.

Thank you!

Unplug all disk can you now access the bios?

If not do a bios clear and see if that allows bios access.

 

[Trikz]

full system spec?
bsod on Inaccessible Boot Drive? or is the bios error?

I can grab the list shortly. It is a custom AMD Ryzen based build. The motherboard is an Asus B450F Gaming board.

The issue is the BSOD inaccessible boot device. I only mentioned the BIOS issue as some people have said check the BIOS to make sure the boot drive is prioritized, but the system won't allow me to access BIOS at all.

 

[Trikz]

Unplug all disk can you now access the bios?

If not do a bios clear and see if that allows bios access.

I was considering that. The only reason I wanted to get into BIOS is to ensure that my boot drive is prioritized.

 

[BFG-9000]

Microsoft has not made this at all intuitive and in fact has taken pains to hide this (because nothing can possibly ever go wrong with Windows), but you should be able to get into safe mode.

If windows fails to boot twice, there's a hidden option to boot into safe mode. When it shows the Choose an option screen, to get to safe mode: Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Advanced Startup Options -> Startup Settings -> Restart. Once restarted from this selection, it will finally offer a boot menu, choose 4 (safe mode).
Once the computer has booted into safe mode, you can tinker with the drivers or even delete whole disk controllers from Device Manager until you get things working again.

I will suggest restoring the default F8 menu (default in previous versions of Windows) to make it easier to get into safe mode next time you may need it:
Open an administrator Command Prompt and input:
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
You will receive the message The operation completed successfully.
Next time you want to see that boot menu, just hold down F8 as soon as the system POSTs

A number of systems have made it the default that the only way to get into the BIOS is by rebooting to it from Windows, in order to speed up the boot time. You may want to look in the BIOS for a setting to change this.

 

[Trikz]

Microsoft has not made this at all intuitive and in fact has taken pains to hide this (because nothing can possibly ever go wrong with Windows), but you should be able to get into safe mode.

If windows fails to boot twice, there's a hidden option to boot into safe mode. When it shows the Choose an option screen, to get to safe mode: Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Advanced Startup Options -> Startup Settings -> Restart. Once restarted from this selection, it will finally offer a boot menu, choose 4 (safe mode).
Once the computer has booted into safe mode, you can tinker with the drivers or even delete whole disk controllers from Device Manager until you get things working again.

I will suggest restoring the default F8 menu (default in previous versions of Windows) to make it easier to get into safe mode next time you may need it:
Open an administrator Command Prompt and input:
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
You will receive the message The operation completed successfully.
Next time you want to see that boot menu, just hold down F8 as soon as the system POSTs

A number of systems have made it the default that the only way to get into the BIOS is by rebooting to it from Windows, in order to speed up the boot time. You may want to look in the BIOS for a setting to change this.

I have attempted to enter safe mode like this before. The PC won't take any input. I've even tried switching the keyboard to a different USB port, but I'm unable to select anything.