Solved Have no nvm driver for windows 7

[ColourOz]

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire S13 Ultrabook with Windows 10 pre-installed. Absolutely detest Windows 10 and want to downgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate (have genuine disk). Windows 7 install sees the SSD, but cannot access it asking for a "Standard NVM Controller" (Intel SSDPEKKW512G7). I have integrated KB2990941 and KB3087873 into the OS, but has made no noticeable difference. I have perused the internet for several weeks but still cannot find the correct answer. How can I install Windows 7 on this drive? Help is desperately needed please!

 

[SIW2]

I have integrated KB2990941 and KB3087873 into the OS

1.Did you integrate them into boot.wim?

2. Did you then copy the contents of boot.wim updated sources folder into the installation media?

 

[ColourOz]

Yes I did, and hopefully did it correctly. Instructions on how-to came off the internet as I have never integrated files before. When looking at boot.wim and install.wim in the Sources folder, the date is current.

 

[SIW2]

You may need some extra drivers. Try installing these into both boot.wim and your selected image in install.wim:

View attachment Kabylake-etc-x64-drivers.zip

 

[ColourOz]

Thank you very much for your help. Will let you know how I go.

 

[ColourOz]

Hello again, I spent several hours trying to get Windows 7 to recognise a driver which you kindly sent to me. Nothing is working so far. This is how I slipstreamed the install.wim and the boot.wim. It appeared to go well, but have no idea if the method is correct.
Downgrade Windows 10 pre-installation to Windows 7 using an NVM SSD
1. Download patches:
KB2990941 (Windows6.1-KB2990941-x64.msu)
KB3087873 (Windows6.1-KB3087873-x64.msu)

2. Make directories:
C:\ISO\Win7SP1
C:\ISO\unpacked
C:\packages

3. Extract the patches to C:\packages

4. Copy all the files from Windows 7 SP1 setup media (ISO/DVD/USB) to C:\ISO\Win7SP1.

5. Open an elevated command prompt.

Integrating C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\install.wim

6. At the elevated command prompt, type the following command:
Dism /Get-WIMInfo /WimFile:C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\install.wim
It will show you the indexes of the images contained in the WIM file. Note the edition of Windows 7 for which you have the product key and its appropriate index. Suppose for example, you are using Windows 7 Ultimate.

7. Type the following command to mount the offline Windows image.
Dism /Mount-WIM /WimFile:C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\install.wim /Name:"Windows 7 Ultimate" /MountDir:C:\ISO\unpacked
This command will mount the Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate edition files to the folder C:\ISO\unpacked. The folder must exist on your system, otherwise correct the path.

8. Type the following command to integrate KB2990941 for Windows 7 64-bit
Dism /Image:C:\ISO\unpacked /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\packages\Windows6.1-KB2990941-x64.msu

9. Now, type the following command to add the KB3087873 package to the image.
Do it as follows. For 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, execute this command:
Dism /Image:C:\ISO\unpacked /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\packages\Windows6.1-KB3087873-x64.msu

10. Once this is done, type the following command to commit the changes and unmount the image.
Dism /Unmount-WIM /MountDir:C:\ISO\unpacked /Commit


Integrating C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\boot.wim

11. At the elevated command prompt, type the following command:
Dism /Get-WIMInfo /WimFile:C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\boot.wim
It will show you the indexes of the images contained in the WIM file. Note the edition of Windows 7 for which you have the product key and its appropriate index.

12. Type the following command to mount the offline Windows image.
Dism /Mount-WIM /WimFile:C:\ISO\Win7SP1\sources\boot.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:C:\ISO\unpacked
This command will mount the Windows x64 files to the folder C:\ISO\unpacked. The folder must exist on your system, otherwise correct the path.

13. Type the following command to integrate KB2990941 for Windows 7 64-bit
Dism /Image:C:\ISO\unpacked /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\packages\Windows6.1-KB2990941-x64.msu

14. Now, type the following command to add the KB3087873 package to the image.
Do it as follows. For 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, execute this command:
Dism /Image:C:\ISO\unpacked /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\packages\Windows6.1-KB3087873-x64.msu

15. Once this is done, type the following command to commit the changes and unmount the image.
Dism /Unmount-WIM /MountDir:C:\ISO\unpacked /Commit

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!

 

[ColourOz]

Many thanks for the link. The program is easy to use and took 2 hours to complete (using my desktop, not the Acer Ultrabook). After completion, I burnt a DVD (DL) and tried to install it on the ultrabook which still has Windows 10 on it. The setup screen is Windows 10 and the first screen asks for a license number. This confused me as I was not sure if the license number was to be a Windows 7 or a Windows 10. However, I tried both but to no avail and could not go any further with the setup. I have 3 genuine copies of Windows 7 Ultimate and none of the license numbers were accepted. I shall try again tomorrow as it is now bedtime. Your help has been invaluable and I thank you kindly for your assistance and research.

 

[ColourOz]

Windows 10 dug its heels in and would not let go, so this morning I wiped the drive and installed Windows 7 from the portable BD drive and all went well also accepting the license key. A huge thanks to you and most appreciated as it is now 4 months since I have been 'fighting' with Windows 10 and Windows 10 winning each time. Many thanks for the link as I would not have understood what to do if I saw the link and would have bypassed it. Thank you so much for your support and research!! xx

 

[SIW2]

You're welcome.

 

[dsperber]

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire S13 Ultrabook with Windows 10 pre-installed. Absolutely detest Windows 10 and want to downgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate (have genuine disk). Windows 7 install sees the SSD, but cannot access it asking for a "Standard NVM Controller" (Intel SSDPEKKW512G7). I have integrated KB2990941 and KB3087873 into the OS, but has made no noticeable difference. I have perused the internet for several weeks but still cannot find the correct answer. How can I install Windows 7 on this drive? Help is desperately needed please!

Although from your later posts it appears you've finally been successful in accomplishing your objective, I mention several things.

(1) Modern machines based on Skylake or newer hardware use USB 3.0 in order to support USB mouse/keyboard. So it's necessary for the OS installer to have built-in USB 3.0 support in order to be able to use the USB mouse and keyboard during OS install (unless your machine also has PS/2 serial connectors for PS/2 mouse and keyboard, which is almost 100% no longer the case).

The original retail Win7 installer does not contain built-in driver support for USB 3.0 (as Win8/8.1 and Win10 do). So the first problem is to get the needed but missing USB 3.0 driver "slipstreamed" into the Win7 installer (conceptually equivalent to updating the boot.wim).

(2) The original Win7 installer also does not contain built-in driver support for modern NVMe SSD devices, although again the Win10 installer does.

So the second problem, if you want to install Win7 to an NVMe SSD target drive, is to again "slipstream" the necessary NVMe driver into boot.wim.

The above Win7-related driver deficiency issues have been around for a good number of years ever since Skylake hardware and Intel 100 Series Chipset motherboards became available. The easiest way to resolve BOTH of the above problems is to create new bootable USB Win7 installation media which includes BOTH of the missing drivers added to the original Win7 installation media (on DVD or ISO file), using a simple and quick utility available from Gigabyte (developed several years ago in response to the desire of Gigabyte motherboard users to install Win7 on new Gigabyte Skylake hardware).

This Gigabyte utility program is available from their Download page, included in the "Utility" section. Scroll down and click on the "Utility" category to expand it. Then scroll down further to get to the "Windows USB Installation Tool (Note) Support Intel 100/200/X299 series motherboards" item.

To make your life easier here is the DIRECT LINK to download that ZIP file containing the Gigabyte USB Win7 boot media rebuilder utility program. Again, if you run this program it will merge the assumed available Win7 installer on DVD or ISO with the two missing and needed drivers (USB 3.0 and NVMe), to create a new bootable USB media (e.g. 4GB USB 2.0/3.0 flash drive) suitable for installing Win7 on Skylake hardware, which is the last hardware generation still supported by MS for Win7. Note that MS does not offically support Win7 for Kaby Lake hardware.


Finally, one more suggestion... for those of us who dislike the new "tiled" interface born in Win8/8.1 and continued into Win10, and who also dislike (or at least feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar with) the Start Menu brought back by MS with Win10.

I cannot recommend highly enough the Start10 product from Stardock. It literally returns the true "classic" Win7 Start Menu to Win10 (same as Start8 returned the Win7 Start Menu to Win8/8.1). You just install it, and virtually all of the default configuration options are set to deliver you the good old familiar Win7 Start Menu and all of its functionality. Exactly like Win7, with the Win10 Start Menu also still available simultaneously as an alternative option if you want to use that as well.

There are a number of customization setting to do lots of things to the default Win7 appearance, to satisfy whatever degree of compromise or taste you might have. But if you're looking for a genuine 100% "classic Win7 Start Menu" on a Win10 machine, then Start10 is for you.

 

[ColourOz]

Thank you very much for your advice and information; very helpful. The computer that I purchased in December 2017 is an Acer Aspire S13 (S5-371T) Ultrabook which was pre-installed with Windows 10 Home. The configuration is an Intel i7, 7th generation, 8GB RAM and has 2 USB3 ports and 1xUSBC port. I 'played' with Windows 10 Home and concluded that Windows 10 is a social media and entertainment OS. I am not interested in either. It is not possible to customise the OS and get rid/uninstall the bloatware. It drove me nuts, hence the reason I was struggling to install Windows 7 Ultimate and since have learnt a lot.

A SevenForums guru sent me a link to "Windows 7 Updater". This small program integrates all Microsoft's updated drivers automatically and I was able to burn it to a DVD DL. The installation went like a dream and I am now able to install the programs that I currently use. All is well but for a driver..

The computer has a touch screen and touchpad and they are not working. The information that I see from Device Manager is as follows: On the General tab, Location - "Intel(R) Serial IO 12C Host Controller 9D61. The Driver for this device are not installed (Code 28)." The Details tab Hardware ID: ACPI\ELAN0501 *ELAN0501. I installed the ELAN touchpad driver, but that has not solved the problem.

However, with SevenForum's assistance, I am hoping that someone will steer me into the correct direction.

Many thanks!

 

[dsperber]

The computer has a touch screen and touchpad and they are not working. The information that I see from Device Manager is as follows: On the General tab, Location - "Intel(R) Serial IO 12C Host Controller 9D61. The Driver for this device are not installed (Code 28)." The Details tab Hardware ID: ACPI\ELAN0501 *ELAN0501. I installed the ELAN touchpad driver, but that has not solved the problem.

Where did you get the driver installer file that you installed? Was there a version number for the driver? Was it supposed to support Win7 x64?

Does Device Manager still show it as no driver installed? Or is it installed but the devices just aren't working?

DriverIdentifer web site shows that Hardware ID as Synaptics(R) I2C Miniport drivers / Acer Aspire ES1-431

and the driver file is named "I2C HID Device Driver for Acer - Aspire ES1-431".

And there is a link to the page of downloads, with the most recent one as version 19.4.18.32 dated 1/17/2018, purportedly for Win7 x64 which is your situation, although it does also show this driver file as being for a Lenovo machine despite the title indicating that it is for Acer Aspire. Might be worth a try, if your previous driver install attempt was unsuccessful.

DriverIdentifier is dependable, but it costs $20/year. If this missing driver issue is important (as it surely is, if the touchpad and touchscreen aren't working) then I would consider investing $20.

 

[ColourOz]

Device Manager shows "no driver installed". Thank you for the link to DriverIdentifier, I shall try it and let you know how I go.

 

[ColourOz]

Wow! With the help from the internet the driver problem has been resolved. I went into the BIOS > Main, Touchpad and changed it from Advanced to Basic and then saved and closed. When booting into Windows I opened Device Manager and the driver was installed automatically, so now I have the touchscreen and the touchpad working. What a frustrating learning curve!

Thanks so much for SevenForum's help!

 

[dsperber]

Wow! With the help from the internet the driver problem has been resolved.

Please elaborate and clarify.

Did you run that installer from the DriverIdentifier site, and was THAT the proper driver for your touchpad/touchscreen?

Or was it simply that BIOS settings change (from Advanced to Basic, whatever that implies) which then for some reason finally tripped Windows Device Manager to finally correctly recognize the hardware and automatically install the correct driver?

Whichever, can you look at Device Manager Hardware ID again and see if it is still the same value as it was before? I would guess that the Hardware ID might now be different in order for Windows to finally go to its Windows Update Catalog for a search on that value and this time actually find a match, and then download and install the correct driver for the new Hardware ID. Just thinking out loud to try and explain why it works now.

 

[ColourOz]

No, I did not use DriverIdentifier. It was simply the BIOS setting from the option of 'Advanced' to 'Basic'. It did not get the file from Windows Update but was on the system when installing Windows and the BIOS just activated it. The Hardware ID is the same as mentioned earlier and shows in Device Manager as a PS2 mouse (Basic). Of course I do not have PS2 on the system, only USB3 and the touchpad and touchscreen. The Windows 7 updater (to January 2018) came off the internet entitled "Windows 7 Image Updater". The program does all the slipstreaming for you with all drivers from Microsoft and works very well. As a matter of interest, the person who wrote the program is Atak_Snajpera, a Polish person. His profile is interesting.

Thanks for your interest.

 

[dsperber]

Interesting. Hard to comprehend how the Hardware ID could be the same as it was and yet Windows now can figure out the driver to use/activate. If you were to look up that Hardware ID as I did, you get the Synaptics I2C HID Device for ACER-Aspire, not a PS/2 mouse. Maybe PS/2 mouse is the absolute most basic generic way all mice work (similar to absolute basic generic VGA mode from all graphics cards, e.g. for use by the BIOS, no matter what fabulous graphics card you have), no matter what real manufacturer it is and no matter whether it's a laptop touchpad or a real mouse.

So maybe setting it to "basic" mode reverts it to appear and function simply as if it were a vanilla generic mouse to Windows, which means you've perhaps lost some special touchpad-specific functionality that probably would have been available if "advanced" is set and you actually do have the correct driver installed (i.e. perhaps that Synaptics driver for that Hardware ID from DriverIdentifier). For example, special mice typically have additional tabs on the Properties dialog, to control and set the unique hardware capability of that mouse. I would imagine yours doesn't have anything but the most basic options available.

Anyway, now that you have "gotten it to work", it would be interesting to at least give the DriverIdentifier installer specifically for the Synaptics touchpad (which is what it is) with the BIOS put back to "advanced". I know, it's your $20 so it's up to you, and it may not be worth it to expend any more time (or money) on the issue. I used to have a subscription but it expired a year ago and I haven't had a need to renew it, or I would have downloaded it myself and let you have it.

 

[ColourOz]

I know that it sounds strange that the BIOS was the answer to the driver problem, but I can only assume that Windows 10 needed that function as well as UEFI to work properly. To install Windows 7, I had to turn off Secure Boot in the BIOS and change UEFI to Legacy, so maybe that is all intertwined. Previously I have never needed assistance for a driver and managed to work it out, but this one really stumped me, hence the reason I have never used DriverIdentifier or any other program to find a driver. Many thanks for your interest.

 

[ColourOz]

Touchpad not working after downgrading from 10 to 7

I am still enormously grateful to a member who steered me in the right direction to finally 'remove' Windows 10 from the ultrabook and downgrade to Windows 7.

All went well except for one small problem; the touchpad... Despite concentrating on the driver(s), nothing seemed to solve the problem. I then went into the BIOS >Main >Touchpad and changed the option from Advanced to Basic, then F10 to save.

Wonderful! The touchpad is now operational.

 

[dewirox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VTC4k6SLWY

follow this video bro to create the USB

i installed windows 7 on i5-8250U with NVME , no problems


STEP 2 – Installing Windows 7
1) Restart and press repeatedly F2 to launch boot menu
2) Under BOOT selet “Legacy” boot mode
3) F10 to save and exit
4) Press F2 again repeatedly to launch boot menu
5) Under BOOT/ Boot Devices Order select flash drive as the first boot device
6) F10 to save and exit
Follow the installation instructions, but you can not continue because the disk is in GPT format.
7) During installation, press simultaneously “Shift”+”Fn”+”F10” to run the Command Prompt
8) Type the following commands followed by “Enter”
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk # (# is number of your disk)
Clean (This will erase the entire disk)
Convert MBR
Exit
9) Repeat the installation following the instructions as create partition for system files
10) During the first restart, press F2 repeatedly to launch boot menu
11) Under BOOT/ Boot Devices Order select hard drive as the first boot device
12) F10 to save and exit
13) Set up Windows and you're done