No Device Driver Found windows 7 usb install FIX

RuinedXJake

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I am unaware of the knowledge on the issue, but I am here to discuss my success in installing windows after a brutal battle and staying up very late.

My motherboard is an ASRock z97 extreme4 , intel i5 4690k. All specs are in signature.

When installing windows for the first time on a usb flash drive, the "no device driver found" issue drove me nuts. I finally found a way to bypass this stupid paradox. After the no device driver found flashes, hit cancel, and cancel the windows 7 install. This brings you back to the beginning menu where you can install windows or repair it.

Swap the usb drive to a new port. Then go through setup again! For me it bypassed it (found a video that did it) where it skipped the driver setup part.

Thank goodness for small corrections and not huge ones.
 

USAFRet

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Swap the usb drive to a new port. Then go through setup again! For me it bypassed it (found a video that did it) where it skipped the driver setup part.

What almost certainly happened was that you had it in a USB 3.0 port, and then moved it to a USB 2.0 PORT.
Many motherboards will not boot from a USB 3.0 port.
 

RuinedXJake

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didn't mean to select you as the answer. No, actually I used usb 3.0 ports. IT boots fine, the problem is a glitch through the install. The trick is to get to the issue, cancel setup, swap the drive port then it works fine. This is a known issue and works for many people.

you can find the fix on youtube.