USB Drivers

[bicmitchum]

Had a copy of Windows 7 on a USB flash drive. Successfully installed Windows 7 to a new hard drive on a 2016 Dell Desktop computer (D11S). Went to setup a wireless internet connection with the software installation disc, and the mouse and keyboard quit working half way through. Tried another, different wireless software installation disc, and the same thing happened. The USB controller properties show the drivers are not installed. According to "the internet" this problem should have happened when I was trying to install Windows 7 to the computer, and in order to solve the problem the drivers have to be added to the installation disk and/or flash drive. Is there a way I can just transfer the drivers over to the computer without an internet connection, or does it have to be part of the OS installation?

 

[SIW2]

Is there a way I can just transfer the drivers over to the computer without an internet connection, or does it have to be part of the OS installation?

you can use another computer to d/l them and put them on a usb stick. But if your mouse and keyboard arent working you wont be able to do anything on that machine.


The trick is to plug the hd from the dell 7040 into a working machine. Dont try and boot into it.
Boot into the normal os on the working machine.
Run dism++ https://www.sevenforums.com/attachm...0k-windows-7-ssd-no-longer-bootable-dism-.zip
Point it at the os on the dell hd - click it in the top pane so it turns blue, then click "open session"

Click Updates in the left pane , then click ADD and browse to the update. It will install the update

Then click Drivers in the left Pane. Click ADD and browse to the drivers FOLDER. It will install the drivers.

Now you can put the dell hd back in the dell 7040.

They are at the bottom of all my posts.https://www.sevenforums.com/attachm...oting-new-pc-usb-3-0-ports-usb3_win7_2021.zip

Install the update first, then the drivers.

Out of curiosity, is it this
Refurbished: Dell Optiplex 7040 D11S Desktop PC - Core i5 (6500) 3.2GHz Quad Core - 256GB SSD - 8GB RAM - DVD - Windows 10 Pro Installed - Newegg.com

How did you activate win7 on there? It has "downgrade" rights to win7 pro, you should use slp activation for that.

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1. The currently running os (C) is highlighted in blue

The other os (E) is on a different disk.




To select E to work on, click it to highlight it in blue



Then click "Open Session"



To add update to the selected os - click Updates in the left pane, then click ADD and browse to the update FILE




To add drivers to the selected os - click Drivers in the left pane, then click ADD and browse to the FOLDER containing the drivers

 

[TechnoMage2016]

Had a copy of Windows 7 on a USB flash drive. Successfully installed Windows 7 to a new hard drive on a 2016 Dell Desktop computer (D11S). Went to setup a wireless internet connection with the software installation disc, and the mouse and keyboard quit working half way through. Tried another, different wireless software installation disc, and the same thing happened. The USB controller properties show the drivers are not installed. According to "the internet" this problem should have happened when I was trying to install Windows 7 to the computer, and in order to solve the problem the drivers have to be added to the installation disk and/or flash drive. Is there a way I can just transfer the drivers over to the computer without an internet connection, or does it have to be part of the OS installation?

First, just let me say that I sympathize with you, and your driver problems.
I ran Windows 7 for many years, but I got old, and tired of chasing drivers all over the world, every time I installed Win-7 someplace.
I experimented with Windows 8.1/Pro/64 on a couple of PC's and found that it comes with one Whale of a Driver Package.
(every bit as good as Windows 10)

And here's a little tidbit to blow your mind.
I'm an experimenter with different OS's. I have ten PC's of different age and type.
After having "the last straw" problem with Win-7, I backed up all my data and reformatted my SSD on my main PC.
I installed Windows 8.1/Pro/64 and set it all up the way I wanted it, even with the Classic Shell.
When it installed, it supplied all the drivers for my NVIDEA video card, LAN, Sound, USB, card slots, etc. I didn't have to install anything but my Epson Printer.
Then I took that SSD out and cloned it to several other of my PC's. On first boot, lights flashed, drives whirred, and in practically no time at all, Windows 8.1 had totally set itself up on the new PC. It blew my mind, because I had never seen any OS do that before.
I'm running one of those PC's now. An HP Slimline (SFF) desktop PC, and I've never yet installed any drivers for it, except I did run the Install CD for my Epson 6100 AIO printer.

So, someday, when you're tired of chasing drivers for Win-7, Give Windows 8.1 a try. It's OUT THERE if you just want to try it.

Cheers Mate,
TM

 

[dslgirl]

Help please i have a new lenovo desktop ideacentre i5, want to put windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on it. and use my windows 10 on an external portable drive. been reading thru the forums , for a month , want to use a usb bootable drive, but unable to figure out the best way to do this , what exactly do I need. since lenovo has no windows 7 drivers for its motherboard.

 

[SIW2]

What is the exact model number of the Lenovo?

 

[dslgirl]

[FONT=&quot][h=1]Lenovo - IdeaCentre 5i Desktop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Mineral Grey[/h][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Model:90NA0001US
SKU:6424471



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[SIW2]

There are at leat 3 things to consider.

1) Does the motherboard have CSM support ( you can check the manual or look in bios settings). If not, then either uefi7 or win11 boot files can be used .

If you already running win11, you could install/apply win7 to a separate partition and add a boot menu entry to the existing win11 bcd.


2) Do you have a separate graphics card you can use? There are no win7 drivers for 10th and 11th gen on cpu graphics ( called igpu ), so a separate graphics card that has win7 drivers is needed.

3) Windows 7 media will probably also need usb3 and nvme support added - not difficult.

 

[dslgirl]

okay let me check

 

[SIW2]

In addition what is the network card on that machine? A few do not have suitable win7 drivers - if so, that can be solved later by changing to a cheap $5 card, or by using a dongle.

Forum - Using Lenovo/HP Intel 8260/8265AC WLAN cards on desktop motherboards

Probably best to see if you can get win7 installed and functioning first.

 

[dslgirl]

the mother board has csm , but would like to use uefi7 if possible, where would i find that please.
will have to look and see if i have a graphics card i could put in it , but i did get to the bsod when installing from a dvd, the four stars came up during loading and then froze, I'm using vga cable on my desktop.
so i assumed the graphics would work, HMMMMMM thats what i get for assuming.

 

[SIW2]

Thsi tells you roughly what it does
Windows 7 (and possibly Vista, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2) EFI-mode installation instructions | windows_7_efi_guide

latest version is available here: Releases . manatails/uefiseven . GitHub


The simplest way is to install win7 to a separate partition from within win11.

1. ) Boot into win11, run winntsetup. Browse to the win7 wim or iso, then point it at the new partition you want to install win7 onto. Winntsetup will apply the image and add a boot menu entry for you.

winntsetup v5.01
https://mega.nz/folder/zWIXgaqT#rdX_-WE7dH0iAcIt3qqUZQ/file/SHBVhSZT

Uefi7 should not be needed if you do it that way, and you dont need to try and get win7 boot.wim working from the dvd.

Do not reboot into your newly applied win7 just yet.

2) Stay in win11 and use dism++ to add the necessary updates and drivers to the applied win7 image.

Latest version of dism++
http://gh.api.99988866.xyz/github.c...s/download/v10.1.1002.1/Dism++10.1.1002.1.zip

1- nvme updates from my sig below
2- usb3 update from my sig below ( must put the update in before the drivers )

3- usb3 drivers from my sig below
4- graphics drivers for your graphics card

3). Then use regedit to load the system hive from the win7 partition and set vga.sys to start type 4. Do both controlsets. Unload the hive.
( You need to disable vga.sys so win7 only uses the graphics drivers you have installed with dism++. )

Now restart and select win7 boot menu entry. Cross fingers.

 

[dslgirl]

nic card per manual Gigabit Ethernet, 1x RJ45

 

[SIW2]

I have no idea if your nic card supports win7. If it doesnt, you can buy one that supports win7 for a few bucks or use one of those usb donglee things.
Forum - Using Lenovo/HP Intel 8260/8265AC WLAN cards on desktop motherboards

 

[dslgirl]

okay

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maybe i misunderstood, or wrote wrong , sorry just trying for over a month to figure this out,
I want windows 7 ultimate on my new tower, and put this windows 10 in a portable drive so dual boot available , but if one crashes then im okay have the other

 

[SIW2]

You want it on a separate disk?

In that case I would partition the target disk first. Create gpt disk with diskgenius. Create esp and msr partitions at the start of the disk ( just accept diskgenius defaults). Then create another partition behind that - this is the partition you are going to install win7 on.

Free Download DiskGenius Online

Then use diskgenius add a drive letter to the esp partition you just created on the new disk.

Using diskgenius, copy the contents of your current win 11 esp partition onto the new esp partition.

Apply the win 7 image to the target partition on the new disk using dism++ ( dont use winntsetup for this scenario )

Add a boot menu entry to the new esp partition either manually, or with bcdboot

admin cmd prompt:

bcdboot win7_letter:\windows /s new_esp_partition_letter:

e.g

bcdboot e:\windows /s g:

Now use dism++ to integrate the updates and drivers into the applied win7 partition as my previous post. Dont forget to disable vga.sys

You have done all that from within your current win11 installation.

 

[dslgirl]

okay will try that , tyvm, been reading all your articles on how to do this , but just way to many ways lol

 

[SIW2]

Doing it from within your current win10/11 is a lot easier than trying to use the win7 installation media and setup routine.

If you have csm disabled, you want vga.sys disabled (start type 4) so win7 uses only the 3rd party graphics drivers you integrated,

If you have csm enabled, you want vga.sys enabled ( start type 1)

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To copy files from esp partition:

click esp partition



click Files Tab



Select the files and you can copy them to any lettered ( mounted) partition
For example, if you have assigned letter Z to the esp partition on a different disk, you can copy them them to Z:



You will probably only have bootmgr file and boot and efi folders on your esp partition - I have extra stuff on mine.

 

[dslgirl]

okay perfect thanks will try it