I recently went to start up my computer after a couple of days of not using it. Upon start up my computer brought me to a screen that said "Automatic Repair Your PC did not start correctly Press 'Restart' to restart your PC, which can sometimes fix the problem. You can also press 'Advanced options' to try other options to repair your PC."
First, I tried Restarting the computer numerous times which did not work. This lead me to assume I was in a "Automatic Repair Loop."
Second, I went into Advanced Options, Trouble Shoot, Advanced Options and went into the command prompt screen where I tried the following:
1) Performed "chkdsk c: /f" followed by "bootrec /fixmbr" then "bootrec /fixboot" then "bootrec /rebuildbcd" - This did not work
2) Next I tried to restore the Registry from the RegBack directory which also did not work
3) Then I disabled Automatic Start Up Repair by putting the following into the command prompt screen "bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No". After restarting my computer I received the following message. "Recovery Your PC/Device needs to be repaired. The operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains error. File:ksecdd.sys. Error Code: 0xc0000221". I then put "recoveryenabled Yes".
Third, I went into Advanced Options, Trouble Shoot, Automatic Repair and after waiting significant amount of time I received the following message. "Startup Repair. Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC. Press 'Advanced options' to try other options to repair your PC or 'Shut down' to turn off your PC. Log file: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt"
My question is: how do I fix the errors (both 0xc0000221 ksecdd.sys AND SrtTrail) without losing my files?
Sadly, I do not have a very recent backup of my hard dive. I understand some files may be lost in this process in order to make the computer operational but I would like to minimize these loses.
Also, I have NOT made any recent updates to the hard drive or downloaded any new software, etc.
I appreciate any help you are able to offer. Thank you.