Hey folks, I recently added a second NVMe SSD to my setup and now I'm facing a boot issue. Here's a quick rundown of my system: I'm on Windows 11 with a Gigabyte B650 motherboard, using a Samsung 990 EVO Plus as my main boot drive, and a new Kingston NV3 as a secondary storage option. After I installed the new SSD (in the M2B_CPU slot) and put my GPU back in, the system hangs on the boot screen longer than usual, then crashes with a blue screen error: 'INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE (0x0000007B)'. I've tried a bunch of diagnostics: both SSDs show up in BIOS, boot options look correct, and I've run several bootrec commands. Startup Repair from a USB also failed, and diskpart only shows the USB drive, not my Windows volume. I'm worried that my boot configuration might have been altered or if there's some BCD corruption at play. I'd hate to reinstall Windows; I really need some insight on this. Should I remove the new SSD to troubleshoot, or is there another way to repair the EFI partition? Any advice would be amazing!
2 Answers
Yep, I completely understand your struggle. When I disconnected the Kingston NV3, Windows booted like a charm. As soon as I plugged it back in, the blue screen returned. It sounds like the issue could stem from a defective NV3, a firmware conflict with your motherboard, or possibly an NVMe initialization bug. I'd lean toward compatibility issues since everything else seems fine.
Have you tried booting up with the second SSD disconnected? I faced a similar issue with a different NVMe drive, and in my case, I had to perform a fresh Windows install because of it. But starting with just the main drive might help isolate the problem for you.
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