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Using Ubuntu to install drivers for Windows 8.1

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  • USB
  • USB Drive
  • Drivers
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows 8
  • Linux
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April 8, 2014 8:14:00 AM

Hey everyone,

So I was attempting to find a fix for a problem with my Android phone when I came across a thread which had a guide on how to fix it by replacing the microsoft-provided USB drivers and replacing them with the intel ones.

I got to the part where the drivers are replaced and boom. They get replaced and all of my USB ports no longer work. This means no keyboard or mouse. I cannot access windows either, without either one of them.

I have no bluetooth devices connected, so that won't work. I tried connecting a keyboard using a PS/2 port on the back of my PC with no luck. I do not have access to a mouse with a PS/2 port.

Anyway, after rebooting a couple of times I was pushed into FreeDos which was on my system for some reason, but I cannot do much with it, although my keyboard and mouse work fine on it. I can still type, and the mouse lights up.

System Specs:
i5 4670k
ASRock Extreme 3 Z87 Motherboard
8GB GEIL RAM
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

I have now installed Ubuntu onto a USB and I can use that. The keyboard and mouse of course work perfectly fine in it. Is there a way to replace the drivers on Windows using Ubuntu?

I have access to my laptop, which I am currently using to write this.

If so, or if anyone has any other ideas, please tell me.

Thanks for reading, and thank you for your help.

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April 8, 2014 10:01:00 AM

Use the Live USB's gParted to install Win8 onto a CD, then shut it down, take the USB out, and start using the Live CD from there a shortcut on the desktop should say "Install Windows" click that and enter the install wizard, after installing and booting Win8 off of the HDD, install all of the drivers you need to and reboot, then everything should work once again.

[edit] Reformat the drive pre-install
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April 8, 2014 10:03:59 AM

You have two options:
1) The best option: Attempt to boot into windows safe mode (with f8 or whatever the keypress is) and remove intel drivers from safe mode.

2) find and delete all files installed by intel driver intsallation process. This can be accomplished by extracting the files from the installer under linux and and identifying which ones need to be purged from windows. Windows will then attempt to boot with its generic drivers.

if these don't work, you may as well backup your data and reinstall windows.
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April 8, 2014 5:45:30 PM

Thanks for the advice guys.

After searching around for a USB i found a mouse PS/2 to USB adapter. I connected it to the PC, used the onscreen keyboard to log in (took a while) then I was able to access the drivers. I reverted the USB drivers back to the previous copy and that fixed everything.

Thanks again
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