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Can't boot b/c "device inaccessible" after Windows Update (SSD)
Hi. I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Yesterday I installed some new Windows Updates. Everything went fine, but when I restarted my PC in the morning, it would not boot because the "device is inaccessible." Huh??? I ran Startup Repair from my installation disk and that was unsuccessful. Chkdsk did not help either. The bootable OS is on a Toshiba 128GB SSD I recently purchased, and along with the OS only programs are on the drive. All my files are on separate HDDs.
I reinstalled Windows on my old HDD partition (of course I had to go and format it since I thought the SSD was finally stable enough and I didn't need that old OS partition anymore >__>) and ran TestDisk on the SSD. I tried repairing the boot files or something but it told me that the Backup Boot Sector (I think it was?) was not writable and that it couldn't repair. I am still able to access the SSD and its files with no problems. I just can't seem to boot from it. It'll be starting up and then flash a blue screen for a split second (too fast for me to read what the text says) and then restarts.
I'm thinking of reinstalling all my programs on this fresh install of Windows (after I get MS to reactivate my product code but that's another story) and then cloning it over to the SSD. That's a real pain though so if I can somehow get my PC to boot off the SSD again that would be best. Any ideas??