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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!