0x0000007B (inaccessible boot device)
This issue is caused by a failure to install the driver for the VMware Virtual disk SCSI Disk Device.
To resolve this issue:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers
.disk.sys
and pci.sys, then add Administrators with Full control permissions to the ACL for these files.C:\Windows\inf
.C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository
. disk.inf_*
and machine.info_*
folders.disk.inf_*
folder, copy disk.inf
to C:\Windows\inf
.disk.inf_*
folder, copy disk.sys
to C:\Windows\System32\drivers
.machine.inf_*
folder, copy machine.inf
to C:\Windows\inf
.machine.inf_*
folder copy pci.sys
to C:\Windows\System32\drivers
.C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository
for a search including subfolders.Unknown device
in the Device Manager.Notes: