0xc000000e boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible - Weird temp fix, need help.

pewpewlazors99

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Recently, I cloned my second drive (storage drive) to a new WD Caviar Black 1 TB Hard Drive. I used the StarTech Hard Drive Duplicator Dock. I installed the new drive and had a successful boot (although I had to force shutdown due to an extra power cable hitting a GPU fan) After the reboot, I had a second successful boot. Used the computer rest of the night and had no problem.

Next morning, I go to turn on my computer and get the 0xc000000e error. I open up my case, and remove, then reconnect the sata cable from my SSD(boot drive). And I have a successful boot.

Later that day I go to boot my computer, same thing happens, I repeat and reconnet the cable gives me a successful boot.

I replaced the SATA cable, it did not fix the problem.

I get this error every time I boot the computer after it has been shut down for more than 10 mins. I am able to get a successful boot removing and reconnecting the SATA cable.

**Note: If I shut down the computer, then reboot immediately I do not get the error.


Anyone have any idea? Thanks!


Computer specs:

  • PSU: Corsair Gaming Series 700-Watt ATX/EPS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 696 Power Supply GS700
    RAM: Corsair 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600Mhz PC3 12800 Desktop Memory CMV8GX3M2A1600C11
    MB: Asus Z87-A DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard
    CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4 GHZ 6 MB Cache - BX80646I54670K
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)
    SSD(Boot drive):Seagate 600 SSD 120 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5-Inch 7mm Z-Height Solid State Drive ST120HM000
    HDD(Storage): Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
    GPU: ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 AMP Edition OC 3GB GDDR5 2DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card (ZT-70203-10P)
    Optical: ASUS Blu-Ray Reader/ DVDRW Combo
    OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
Error:
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Update: I removed the new HDD, and put my old one back in. It did not fix the issue.
 

pewpewlazors99

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Saw that video, lots of negative comments in the comments section, not sure if I want to purchase software to try to fix this problem, before I truly even know what the problem is.