The sinking feeling of waking up to an unresponsive computer is one I cannot describe. I hit the power button, and instead of my desktop loading, I was greeted by an inaccessible boot device prompt.

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Your PC was working fine, then a blue screen appears with the words INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE and your computer refuses to load Windows.

description This bug check has a value of 0x0000009F. This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state. The DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE bug check has a value of ...