Adding USB 3. 0 and NVMe Drivers to Windows 7 Install Media. You know what they say about watching sausage getting made. It may be worse watching install media being modified. Those with weak stomachs may want to look awayThis is the 4th and final for now in a set of small articles on modification and use of Windows 7 install media  multi version, UEFI boot, driver injection, and downgrade activation. The focus will be on USB flash media. Its the same old story  hardware marches on, and operating systems play catch up. This has become more of an issue lately with Windows 7 installs and contemporary hardware. Lack of USB 3. NVMe SSD drivers can render the target drive invisible to the installer. OEM images like Lenovos preload and recovery media will include appropriate drivers but Microsoft media will not. This makes a clean install impossible without some work. Make Windows 7 Usb Install' title='Make Windows 7 Usb Install' />Note This article was written when Windows 7 was still in BETA 1, changes might occur later to the product once it is RTM. Update on 24Oct2009 Check. Installing a new operating system on a netbook without a CDDVD drive should be an easy task thanks to Unetbootin How To Install Linux With Ease Using UNetbootin How. How to Install Windows 7 Beginners. Are you installing Windows 7 You dont need to be a professional or refer to a confusing manual in order to do so. Just follow. WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable USB Windows installer from an ISO or a DVD, either using a GUI or from the command line. The application looks. How to install Realtek Wireless LAN 802. USB 2 0 Network Adapter For Windows Duration 357. Brainy Ghosts 60,817 views. Free Download Windows 7 ISO from Microsoft, with stepbystep instructions to create an installation USB drive or DVD. Many, if not all laptops these days are USB 3. The chipsets dont support plain old USB 2. The strange outcome of this is the misleading A required CDDVD drive device driver is missing error. This can be a little startling, especially if youre installing from a flash drive. What it means is that the installer is missing the driver it needs to access the flash drive. Huh  Youve already booted from the flash drive, so how can that be What happened is that the initial boot was done via BIOS functions. At some point the install drive access is handed over to the newly booted install code, which doesnt have 3. Fail. The old school fix for this is to put the necessary drivers on media and do an F6 driver add during the install process, but since we only have USB 3. It might be possible to stash the drivers on some other medium if its readable somehow or even on the target main drive. This article explores how to add the drivers to the install media so theyre already in place when needed and the same media can be used for laterother installs as well. Intel provides a nifty utility that can modify an existing Windows 7 SP1 install setup thats already on a flash drive and plug in the appropriate drivers. Ive tried it and it works. Its a little fussy and fragile it wont run on a Win 7 host, wouldnt work for me in a Win 1. Win 1. 0 laptop it barfed when the laptop went to sleep during the process and its a long process. Windows 7 USB 3. Creator Utility. If thats all you need youre done   If you also need NVMe SSD drivers, it makes more sense to integrate those and the USB drivers at the same time. There is at least one free tool available that can help automate the process NTLite. I gave it a good try but never got a result that loaded the USB drivers correctly. Ill admit it was probably PEBKAC, so check it out and give it a try if youre so inclined. Here, well do it the old fashioned way. Vmware Vsphere Hypervisor 6 License Key. First, round up the appropriate drivers Update to add native driver support in NVM Express in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2. Windows 7 Forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for Microsoft Windows 7 Computers such as Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a. This guide shows how to install Windows 7, Vista or XP on USB drive easily. Learn how you can install Windows 7 using a USB 3. Stepbystep instructions for creating a customized bootable USB installer that works with USB 3. Windows 7 bootable Flash drive Bootable Pen drive Install windows from Pen drive flash drive how to make bootable flash drive pen drive windows 7 iso. Make Windows 7 Usb Install' title='Make Windows 7 Usb Install' />R2 will get the Microsoft NVMe driver. For some reason MS requries clicking on the Hotfix Download Available button, then filling out a form. A link to the actual download will be emailed once the form is submitted. Windows. 6. 1 KB2. Either stash it somewhere for now or wait until the working folders are created as described below and extract it there. The. Might as well go get it, youll need it now or later  http www. The USB 3. 0 drivers can come from Intel or an OEM Lenovo in my case. The Intel USB 3. Open it with Windows explorer or 7zip and drill down to the appropriate drivers 6. Stash them too, or wait and extract to the folder created below. The Intel USB 3. 0 drivers available from Lenovo are embedded in an installer. This driver installer is from the X1 Yoga driver matrix Intel USB 3. Driver for Windows 7 3. Think. Pad. Run it to the point that it wants to do the final install but un check the install checkbox before hitting finish. Drill down in the folder chosen for the driver extraction and pull out the 6. USB 3. 0 drivers. Now to the real sausage making The actual install media manipulation requires using Microsofts Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool dism, the dismal tool and the command line image creation tool oscdimg if an ISO is the end result desired. If the target is a USB flash drive installer an ISO shouldnt be necessary note I didnt test that directly I made an ISO and later  flash drive from the ISO but may be a convenient way to archive the result. On my machines dism is available in the stock operating system, but the Windows 7 version doesnt include the necessary image manipulation commands. The Windows 1. Neither includes oscdimg. If a flash drive installer is the goal a stock Win 1. OS.   If an ISO is the desired end result, or Win 7 is the available build platform an additional download will be required. Download the Windows ADKNote the different versions for different operating systems and OS versions. Use the 8. ADK if working in a Win 7 OS. Its a large download. The direct link to the 8. ADK is here  Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit Windows ADK for Windows 8. Update. Once its downloaded and installed use the newly created CMD prompt option in Windows Kits Windows ADK  to access the new dism and other tools in the correct environment. So much for the easy part. Actually modifying the install media is a PITA with many opportunities for error. Below are links to Microsoft and Lenovo guides. I find the Lenovo version easier to read and understand. Id recommend creating the working folders exactly as specified based in C rather than setting up your own workspace. This will allow grinding away with copy and paste and should avoid many opportunities for error. I did it so can you As directed, copy the source install media from Windows 7 SP1 DVD or use 7zip or other archivingmount tool and extract the source files from an SP1 ISO. Lenovo How to prepare the Windows 7 installation ISO image with USB3. NVM Express NVMe driver. Microsoft Update to add native driver support in NVM Express in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2. R2. Patience, fortitude, and good luck.