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Can't boot, not even in safe mode due to INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE
I'm having an issue with a SSD which I put into a different laptop, and now whenever I try to boot I get a INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE BSOD, even in safe mode.
The following is what has happened so far. I just purchased a laptop to replace my main laptop, and I removed the SSD from my old laptop and put it in the new one. I was expecting Windows to install the needed new drivers when booting and then continue to boot to Windows, which is what happened the last two times I put the SSD into a different computer. However, instead of this, I was met with a BAD POOL HEADER BSOD, when I tried to boot Windows. I was also unable to boot into Safe Mode, as I was getting a PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA BSOD.
I was getting the same BSOD in Safe Mode on the previous laptop, but it was always booting fine when booting normally.
I've taken a number of steps to try and resolve the BSOD, without any success. I did a system backup with Todo Backup, and then restored it to the SSD using the System Transfer restore, which is designed to do a restore to dissimilar hardware. This made no difference. I also tried doing an In-Place Upgrade on the original laptop, and I planned to put the SSD in the new laptop again after the first reboot. But, the In-Place Upgrade always fails a few seconds after Windows Setup informs me it will reboot shortly. I tried the following to get the upgrade to work. I did a clean boot. I did a clean uninstall of my antivirus (I ran the uninstaller, followed by using the uninstall tool from the manufacturer), and also ran all the repairs in Tweaking.com's Windows Repair. None of these helped. However, I must add that despite not being able to complete the upgrade, ever since I upgraded to Creators Update when it was first released, I have been able to install every Windows Update release with no issues.
The next step I took was to run SysPrep. After SysPrep finised running and shut down my old laptop, and I put the SSD into the new laptop again, when I tried to boot, I got another BSOD, which I believe was the same as the original one. However, from then on, all subsequent boot attemps have lead to an INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE BSOD, even in Safe Mode. I presume that if I can fix this BSOD, then Windows will actually boot.
I have run Startup Repair from a Recovery Drive, have tried to fix the MBR, etc from a Commnad Prompt, have done an offline SFC /scannow, and run Neosmart's Easy Recovery Essentials. None of this has helped.
There are a few things I must mention. I know that the RAM is not faulty. I even tried the SSD in another laptop, and got the same BSODs. (This was before I ran SysPrep and started getting the Inaccessible Boot Device BSODs). Windows is malware free. The SSD is error free. It has no SMART errors and passed a surface test.
When I get the BSODs, there are no dumpfiles saved. Also, there are no boot logs generated, even when I enable boot logging.
Doing a clean install of Windows is not an option for me. I know this will work, as the new laptop came with Windows 10 installed and running fine, but like I said, I do not want to do this. So I either want to get me existing install of Windows working on the new laptop, or if I can't, I will put the SSD back into the original laptop and continue using that. I would greatly prefer to use the new laptop as has a bigger screen and more powerful CPU.
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