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This should work in all but the most extreme cases of ‘Fixboot access is denied’ errors in Windows 10. This is a serious piece of work that essentially renames the boot drive to Z, formats that drive to FAT32 and then recreates the boot record from Z to C:, therefore enabling Windows to boot from that drive again.
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The method has changed since Windows 10 version 1709 so follow the below exactly if your version is later than that. If you do, we need to play with Diskpart. It is here that you may see the original ‘Access is denied’ error.
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Sometimes it is a bit hit and miss but is definitely worth trying before we do more in-depth fixing. This is the Windows automated repair process that may be able to fix the error without having to do anything else.
If you have changed your BIOS or UEFI to only use the hard drive, you will need to go into the settings at boot to add the USB drive. Once complete, leave the USB drive inserted into your computer and reboot. It will download the Windows 10 ISO, install it along with boot files and make sure your computer can boot from it.
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This is a software error and not a hardware error. While the error looks serious and your computer will not boot into Windows, none of these errors are terminal. If this doesn’t work, it in turn will give you ‘access is denied’ errors. One way of fixing ‘INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE’ errors is by using the command ‘bootrec /fixboot’.