Windows 7 Professional Install - no device drivers were found

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  1. Posts : 19
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    Windows 7 Professional Install - no device drivers were found


    So I have an old laptop running Win7 professional x64 SP1. I downloaded X17-59186.iso and made sure the MD5 and SHA-1 checksums matched which they do.

    Properly formatted my USB drive etc. When I boot from USB and choose `install now` however I get the load driver window error:



    Also if I try and choose "repair your computer" (at the previous step, rather than trying to install windows) I get an error message saying "This version of system recovery options is not compatible with the version of windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of windows."

    This makes it sound like I have the wrong ISO even though in system information it is definitely running win7 Pro x64.

    What is most confusing is that if I use this same bootable USB on my other laptop (running win7 home x64) it works fine, neither of these errors occur.

    Also I read something about trying USB2.0/3.0 ports, neither will work.

    Any help is very much appreciated, thanks!
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  2. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
       #2

    What is the make and model of the laptop ?

    You might need drivers, ( though that message often indicates setup.exe can't find install.wim )
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  3. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    SIW2 said:
    What is the make and model of the laptop ?

    You might need drivers, ( though that message often indicates setup.exe can't find install.wim )
    It is a HP 250. When that error occurs there is the option for me to browse for drivers in (C:\) or Boot/(X:\) though I have no clue what I would be looking for.
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  4. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
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    If you upload winre.wim from your hard drive, I will probably be able to extract the drivers for you.

    extract this and run as admin on the cmd file to get winre.wim on your desktop.
    Last edited by SIW2; 14 Dec 2015 at 19:16.
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  5. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
    Thread Starter
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    Damn took me like 30 minutes to grab that file due to the laptop being so ridiculously slow (hence the attempted re-install...). Anyway hope this can help.

    Edit: It's 160Mb, should it be that large? Uploading it to megafile right now.
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  6. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
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    Yes, that is about the right size.
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  7. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    40kb/s upload speed... Expect a reply sometime around an hours time lol. Thanks for this help though.
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  8. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    Here is the download link.. thanks again.

    WinRE File
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  9. Posts : 16,119
    7 X64
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    No third party drivers in your winre.wim.

    On your usb stick , there is a folder called sources. Inside that is boot.wim and a much larger install.wim.

    Setup.exe doesn't seem able to find sources\install.wim. Or perhaps install.wim isn't being recognised.

    I will upload a special boot.wim which you can d/l and copy into the sources folder of your usb stick, overwriting the standard boot.wim.

    When you boot from the usb stick, a desktop will appear after a minute or so.

    Use winntsetup to browse for sources\install.wim and install the correct edition ( professional).

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    Windows 7 Professional Install - no device drivers were found-2015-12-15_014423.jpg
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  10. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    When I go to browse for the install.wim I cannot see the USB drive anywhere in Computer.

    I have Local Disk ( C: ), Boot ( X: ), Local Disk ( Z: ) - and only CD Drive ( D: ) in removable storage devices.

    Edit: I checked in Boot(X: )\sources but there was no install.wim to be found there. Though sources\install.wim definitely exists on the USB.
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