Location of Drivers in WIN7 DVD

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Despite extensive searching on the Internet to find out the exact location of the bundled Drivers that Microsoft has included on the WIN7 32 Bit Installation DVD is, the correct info has not been found.
And yes, I have tried several searches on the Microsoft Website as well.
I need this info so that I can find out if the suitable Chipset Drivers for an 'old' Intel Socket 478 Motherboard are included on the DVD, and therefore it would be worthwhile for a Friend to purchase a WIN7 License to install on his 'old' PC.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated, Thank You.
The Chipset on this Motherboard is an "Intel 845".
 
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Despite extensive searching on the Internet to find out the exact location of the bundled Drivers that Microsoft has included on the WIN7 Installation DVD is, the correct info has not been found.
And yes, I have tried several searches on the Microsoft Website as well.
I need this info so that I can find out if the suitable Chipset Drivers for an 'old' Intel Socket 478 Motherboard are included on the DVD, and therefore it would be worthwhile for a Friend to purchase a WIN7 License to install on his 'old' PC.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated, Thank You.

You tell us the chipset we can find out
 

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I did include the Chipset via a later Edit, but perhaps I should have included it via a "Reply"? There have been no further responses.
The Chipset on this Motherboard is an "Intel 845".
However, I was needing the Location of the Drivers that the "WIN7 Installer" 'uses' to Install, relevant to the Hardware encountered, whilst Installing the OS (?)
 

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Seeing as Intel dropped support for the 800 series chipsets about 5 years ago, short of using (or trying to) the last XP driver it will have to work with whatever Windows installs by default.
 

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