Κυριακή 5 Ιουνίου 2016

INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE after BIOS restore using RAID

Below is the resolution to a problem that I have faced several times and took me ages to resolve (each time). Now, I decided to document the solution, so that either myself or anyone else who comes across this problem in the future can resolve it.

The problem
You have a RAID configuration (mine was RAID 0, but I guess the same applied to RAID 1) and you have had to restore the original settings on your BIOS. Then your system booted up without recognizing the RAID volume.

You then try to enable the RAID settings in the BIOS, but unfortunately Windows 10 fails to load with a sad face and the following error:

INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
The solution
Before describing the solution, here is the root cause of the problem:

Once you started Windows 10 in ACHI (or IDE) mode (i.e. with RAID disabled after you used the default values of the BIOS), Windows did not load the RAID drivers. Therefore, the next time you try to start Windows with RAID, it fails to find the RAID volume. Here is how to solve it.

  1. Start Windows 10 up using ACHI or IDE mode (i.e. no RAID support). 
  2. Use Windows Key + R and run msconfig
  3. Select Safe Mode from the boot menu and restart
  4. Enable in BIOS the RAID configuration 
  5. Windows will start up with RAID enabled but in Safe Mode. This will load the RAID drivers though
  6. Use Windows Key + R and run msconfig again to Disable the Safe Mode this time 
  7. Reboot 
  8. You should be ok now
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