After uninstalling, restart your computer to ensure all processes have been terminated. Then, check the following locations for any leftover FTK Imager files or entries and delete them if found:
Mounting a disk or dumping memory requires low-level access to the system's kernel. For this reason, FTK Imager . Running it with standard user privileges will cause the driver to fail to start. ftk imager could not start driver new
If you are running an outdated version of FTK Imager, its embedded driver signature might be expired or entirely revoked by Microsoft's driver blocklist. After uninstalling, restart your computer to ensure all
Windows Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI) blocks drivers with known vulnerabilities or older signing certificates. Disabling this feature temporarily allows FTK Imager to load its acquisition driver. Running it with standard user privileges will cause
FTK Imager cannot load kernel drivers from a standard user account. Close FTK Imager completely.
Starting a kernel driver requires . If you are running FTK Imager as a standard user, Windows will refuse to start the driver, generating this error.