Inaccessible Boot Device blue screen error when Hyper-V is enabled

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to setup a virtual machine on window server 2016. When I enabled the Hyper-V and restart, windows goes to the bluescreen having the error code: Inaccessible_Boot_Device. Then I logged in with safe mode and disabled Hyper-V on startup by using the cmd code 'bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off' . After that windows booted up normally.

Since I want to use Hyper-V I want to know is there a way I can turn on Hyper-V manually after bootup or is there a solution for this blue screen error other than turning off Hyper-V.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I'd start by checking here and with manufacturer about support for the operating system installed.
https://www.windowsservercatalog.com/

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Answer 2

Hello there,

Try to disable the "Enhanced Windows Biometric Security" feature in BIOS and see if that helps. Check to see if your PC is producing any minidump files, I will check those to see if they provide any insight into a potential cause of the system crashes.

This issue might also occur if one of the following reasons is true :

The Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is corrupted.
The partition that contains the Windows installation is inactive.

More info here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/windows-boot-failure

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Answer 3

I'm using HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 V2 server

The server manufacturer will be your best resource for troubleshooting problems with the hardware. Also try asking in their hardware forums.
https://community.hpe.com/

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Answer 4

May need to start a support case with the product vendor.
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/contact-hpe.html

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