For the record, I have a dual boot installation of Windows and Linux, and I am currently booted into Linux.
After updating Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), the operating system will no longer boot, quoting that ksecdd.sys
is missing or corrupted. I cannot get into safe mode to run the system file checker either, and because of the dual boot configuration of the system, the boot repair from an installation disk does not correctly operate and cannot fix the issue. After turning on the system from the updates, chkdisk ran and fixed multiple filesystem issues. After that rebooted, the error about ksecdd.sys
appeared.
I have access to the C:\ partition of the system (via Linux) and checked the file. Somehow, chkdisk fixed the filesystem issues, but in the process, corrupted ksecdd.sys
and replaced it with a 0-bytesize file.
Is there anywhere I can download a good copy of the file, or any way I can get the good copy of the file off the installation disk, in order to replace the 0-bytes file that chkdisk broke, and make my system boot again? I do not want to do a repair installation as I do not have backup media that are of sufficient size to hold the files I need to back up.