Today I removed the excsd kernel driver. This is how to:
I opened regedit.exe and went to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Found this one by searching for “excsd” (you have to enable keys, values and also DATA to find). We have the key “UpperFilters” here, with the value “excsd, PartMgr” (2 lines). Removed the excsd line. Reboot (no bluescreen!)
Step 2:
Goto the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\excsd
When I removed this key previously, I got these bluescreen on reboot.
Click on the value “Start” and change from 0 (load on boot) to 4 (disabled).
Reboot (no bluescreen!)
The excsd kernel driver service is now still present, but not started.
Step 3:
Now I removed the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\excsd
subfolder completely.
Reboot (no bluescreen!)
excsd service is gone.
Step 4: Now I’m going to remove anything related to excsd, excsf, ExpressCache or Condusiv step by step from my registry, performing a manual uninstall this way.
Step 5: Install my new SSD and enjoy.
