Question Windows 11 boot issue ?

[PlanetXeno]

Evening everyone, having a issue out of nowhere with my PC. Its POSTing fine but immediately after BIOs POSTs it blue screens and gives me an error stating "Inaccessible Windows boot device"
I have an NVMe SSD in it, everything is plugged in correctly. PC was working fine two days ago, just got off work today and tried to boot and ran into this.

Additionally, i noticed an error on first boot about a CMOS related issue, but it hasn't popped up since this boot drive error.

Long story short, should I just buy an SSD and make that primary boot drive, install windows etc?

The NVMe SSD is showing up in bios as well, but isn't shown when attempting to reinstall Windows on it.

-Zechariah

 

[Aeacus]

NVMe SSD is showing up in bios as well, but isnt displaying when attempting to reinstall Windows on it.

Failed drive. Not full failure, since BIOS sees it. But enough for file explorer (Win installation) not to see it.

Long story short, should I just buy an SSD and make that primary boot drive, install windows etc?

This would be the easiest fix.

Before installing new Win11, unhook all other drives. Once you get your system up and running, you can connect the faulty M.2 drive back to system, IF you want to do personal data recovery. If not, junk the M.2 drive (or make warranty claim if it has warranty left).

 

[PlanetXeno]

Failed drive. Not full failure, since BIOS sees it. But enough for file explorer (Win installation) not to see it.


This would be the easiest fix.

Before installing new Win11, unhook all other drives. Once you get your system up and running, you can connect the faulty M.2 drive back to system, IF you want to do personal data recovery. If not, junk the M.2 drive (or make warranty claim if it has warranty left).

I appreciate the swift reply. I will snag a SSD or nvme at Bestbuy tomorrow morning. Thanks!

 

[Aeacus]

Oh, don't get DRAM-less drive for OS drive. Sure, they are cheaper than those with dedicated DRAM, but fare very poorly when used as an OS drive.

A short video to watch:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybIXsrLCgdM

Could be that your failed drive was also DRAM-less SSD and it gave up the ghost, since DRAM-less SSDs won't last as long as those with dedicated RAM.
E.g my oldest M.2 drive is with DRAM and it has been in service for 7+ years now, while still working good (Samsung 960 Evo 500GB).