Discussion about New SSD, now faced with "Boot Device Not Found" on restart only.

It sounds more like his boot seqeunce got messed up. Go into the BIOS setup and make sure hdd-0 or ide-0 or similar is the first boot device and try to boot again.

If your PC is not booting and showing an "Inaccessible Boot Device" error, then here is a fix to resolve this issue and make your PC function normally. The inaccessible boot device is a common ...

Fix PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable, PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM, Exiting Intel Boot Agent errors on Windows 11/10.

Boot errors often occur when a critical component fails, although other issues can prevent the Dell PC from detecting a boot device.

Here's a workaround Microsoft suggests if your device is failing to boot after installing the October 10 Patch Tuesday update.

If you get No bootable image found, notebook will shutdown, follow the solutions mentioned in this post to resolve the issue.

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.