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scenario: you have a windows server 2019 failing to boot with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE and changing the disk type to ide or something else causes another bsod. how to you get it to boot up again without a physical machine?

download the stable virtio drivers from here, in iso form: https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso

add the iso to your qemu/virt manager config as a cd/dvd drive

windows should send you to the recovery mode screen, but if it doesn't you might have to run a windows install iso to get to it.