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Question

Inaccesible boot device, computer, windows 10

Jul 26, 2017 3:59PM PDT

I turned on my comouter after 8 days it was turned off, I transfered some.files (pictures I took) and let tranfer to be done. Computer went to sleep.
Day after I turned it again, downloaded picture from mail, go to download folder and strated to look for picture I.just downloaded, and start deleting songs I had in folder, than.computer froze. I restarted it and.since.than I get blue screen.errornthat say INACESSIBLE.BOOT DEVICE. I tried to boot from.4 different bootable flash drives and its always blue screen error. When.instalation start it always give me another error, like 0x0xxxxxx. I tired to find.solution for these error but I cant. When.I want to start it in.safe mode I cant, because when.I start recovery mode it never givenme.to.choose startup settings, just trooubleshot, startup repair, reset this pc (in advanced mode), so i cant start safe mode. I had ssd (windowsbis instaled on.ssd) and.hdd. I unpluged hdd from.computer to try that way, but it didnt help.
Any solution?

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Clarification Request
The usual cause is a failed drive.
Jul 26, 2017 4:16PM PDT

But there's little in this post about make, model, age so tell some more.

Be sure the BIOS is setup the same HDD mode (AHCI, UEFI, etc.) as when the OS was installed. Do not move drives from where they where (SATA 0, 1,etc.) as when it worked.

Does the BIOS show the drives?
Do these tools show the drives? ( https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/ and http://gparted.org/ )

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Ssd
Jul 27, 2017 2:36AM PDT

I have ssd 240gb, sata3 satafirm s11.
Not sure about brand.
8gb ram, atx 500w, intel hd, i5 and asrock IIH110-24

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It's a self built machine.
Jul 27, 2017 6:32AM PDT
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-ITX/?cat=Download&os=All shows a BIOS 2.30 version. The notes there tell me you want this to be current.

If this was in the shop I'd pull out the owners HDD or SSD to install a shop blank drive then boot my Microsoft W10 USB stick made with Microsoft's Media Creation Kit (I selected "For another PC.") to do a quick install to the blank HDD.

I'd be sure the BIOS was current and the machine had no glaring issues like dodgy PSU, cables or failed fans.