Update your Win 7 installation media

[SIW2]

Probabaly setup.exe can't find the installation files. Maybe it is missing or hasn't loaded the correct usb drivers for your machine.
Not sure why that is, but you can try the usb3 drivers from the mobo site:
GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

 

[tbrx]

Ok got them... So when the window pops up again shoud I browse for these drivers or should I include them somewhere in the 7Up beforehand and compile all over again?

I presume the 3.1 won't work as it is exe only. Btw I don't need USB3 drivers at all, I have a front panel card reader with USB2 port which I always use for the mouse during Win7 install and install the USB3 later from within Windows. The only thing I need is to make that bloody NMVE M.2 work. I wouldn't have bought it had I knew for this nightmare, and don't want to switch to Win 10 yet.

 

[tbrx]

Well, finally gave up on it. Found {gen2} image from May 2020 and it works perfect, has everything included, recommending it.

 

[bfa1509]

Hi All,

I would really appreciate if someone could help me out with a problem I've been having that has me completely stumped!

I have a new Lenovo Ideapad 5ARE15 (AMD Ryzen 7 4800U with a Toshiba NVMe SSD (Kbg40znt512g))

It came with DOS installed and I had no issue installing Windows 10. It's just a pity I despise windows 10 and want win7 on it.

I'm having driver issues, I do not know if it is because of the NMVe or the USB3 drivers but I keep getting "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing" error on the setup screen. I tried using WinCert, powerISO, Gigabyte-MSI-ASUS tools, CMD - everything to load drivers and hotfixes and every other recommendation online but to no avail. One unknown driver did get it partially installed but I got a bluescreen when it went to restart.

Which brings me to this thread! I thought I followed post #1 correctly but the boot only took me to WinPE from which I could not find the install.wim.

I'm not clear on the instructions in this thread. I have my Windows7 ISO put onto a USB using rufus. Do I add 7UPv50 folder to the root of the installation USB or simply to the root of the C: drive of the computer I'm working on? I tried both but when I try running 7UPDATERv50.cmd it starts extracting packages, asks me to select the installation media then I get this page:

PATH TO INSTALL>WIM IS
"H:"\sources\install.wim

PATH TO BOOT.WIM IS
"H:"\sources\boot.wim

PATH TO DISM IS
"amd64\DISM\DISM.EXE"

Press any key to continue...


Then when I press a key the window closes. This happens everytime and I dont' know where I'm going wrong. The path to the .WIM files looks wrong but I can't control this.

I attempted the DISM++ method but haven't a clue what I'm doing.

I figured this out and got windows 7 installed at last!

What I did:

1. Mount your Windows 7 ISO file (I used WinCDEmu)
2. Copy and paste all the files from the mounted disk over to a new folder on your desktop
2. Unzip 7UPv53.zip to any location on the PC you are working on
3. Put the UpdatePack7R2-20.5.20.exe file inside the 7UPv53 folder and the 7UPDRIVERS.7z into the BIN folder as per the instructions in post #1 and #3
4. Run 7UPDATERv53.cmd as administrator and select the new folder on the desktop created earlier as the installation media
5. Follow the screenshots from post #529 onwards (these screenshots didn't show up for me on my desktop but they did on my phone)
6. When everything is finished use ISO-CREATE.CMD and select the folder on the desktop with your newly updated installation files
7. Use rufus to create a USB stick selecting the newly created ISO. If it is an NVMe SSD you may need to use the GPT partition type
8. Install on new PC - Finished


Now I just need to find the correct drivers for the trackpad and wifi chip...

Thanks SIW2 for the useful tool.

 

[SIW2]

 

[goopy]

....
3. Put the UpdatePack7R2-20.5.20.exe file inside the 7UPv53 folder
......

June updatepack is available.

 

[Snick]

 

[Steeler333]

Hello,
just signed up here, hoping I can get Windows 7 to run on a Ryzen7 System.
Got the exact same system like the user bfa1509.

One Question to start, for some reason I can't download the 7UPv53.zip from the first post...
Is it down?

@bfa1509
Please keep me informed, if you have any success with the drivers - I just can't get used to Win10.

 

[SIW2]

If it the same ryzen7 system as bfa1509, just do what he did.


download is working fine right now.

 

[Steeler333]

The Way described by bfa1509 worked perfect. Lots of drivers still needed, but that was expected. But you can work with it. Big Thanx already for all that made that possible.

 

[SIW2]

The Way described by bfa1509 worked perfect. Lots of drivers still needed, but that was expected. But you can work with it. Big Thanx already for all that made that possible.

Yes, that is similar to what is described on the first couple of posts on this thread.

 

[SIW2]

7UPv54 on first post. Now using modded 6.2.9200 "universal" usb drivers

 

[fahl]

Thanks bfa1509
did this

1. Mount your Windows 7 ISO file (I used WinCDEmu)
2. Copy and paste all the files from the mounted disk over to a new folder on your desktop
2. Unzip 7UPv53.zip to any location on the PC you are working on
3. Put the UpdatePack7R2-20.5.20.exe file inside the 7UPv53 folder and the 7UPDRIVERS.7z into the BIN folder as per the instructions in post #1 and #3
4. Run 7UPDATERv53.cmd as administrator and select the new folder on the desktop created earlier as the installation media
5. Follow the screenshots from post #529 onwards (these screenshots didn't show up for me on my desktop but they did on my phone)
6. When everything is finished use ISO-CREATE.CMD and select the folder on the desktop with your newly updated installation files
7. Use rufus to create a USB stick selecting the newly created ISO. If it is an NVMe SSD you may need to use the GPT partition type
8. Install on new PC - Finished

But on ISO-CREATE.CMD i get this error,so near but so far

 

[fahl]

Just tried Iso Creator which worked but now getting this

 

[SIW2]

move the Win7 folder from desktop to the root of the drive.

so you have C:\Win7

now try iso-create.cmd

 

[fahl]

Thanks but now getting

 

[SIW2]

Haven't had that error before. Did you look and see if the file is there?

If not, the original windows 7 iso file wasn't extracted properly.

 

[fahl]

Got everything working so far by redoing it with different image.
Hopefully just one more question


Do i delete 7UPv53 folder before Iso or leave it

 

[fahl]

Now all installed with no problems
Mant thanks for help given
Only problem now is no W7 Driver for AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

 

[SIW2]

W7 Driver for AMD Ryzen 3 3200G

Ryzen_APU_iCafe_B29_win7_Win8.1_SHA256.7z — Yandex.Disk