Windows 7 doesn't recognize USB- or networkdrivers

slyngdal

Commendable
May 20, 2016
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Hi there,

I am having some serious trouble on my desktop after I did a format of my system SSD-drive.

Basically there are two things that together makes my brain itch (if not explode).

So, I can't connect to the internet as I don't have the driver for my card. I forgot to download it beforehand. Silly me.

Well, the obvious solution is of course to download the file down to a USB-drive, and here is the itchy part: The drivers are not installed for the USB-ports. I've tried all 6 ports and it simply doesn't recognize my USB-drive. I tried fiddling with the USB-configuration in BIOS (disabling/enabling and I've tried resetting the motherboard to factory settings). But no it still doesn't load the USB drive (which does load on other PC's, and did on this one before the format).

Both my USB-keyboard and mouse does work, though.

I'm completely lost and considering formatting again, but I'm no tech-wizard and maybe my ports are just disabled somewhere that I cannot see?

Motherboard is an ASRock H170A-X1.
 
Solution
Its a common complaint with fresh installs on win 7. One solution is have an internal Blue ray attached to sata, but that an expensive luxury just for installing things

Another would be this:
Use drive management to create a small partition on ssd, it doesn't need to be massive
remove ssd from pc,
put it in another pc as a secondary drive
Download all the drivers you need to get pc working (ethernet and all motherboard drivers) and put them on the partition you made on ssd
remove ssd from pc and replace it in yours..
install drivers and then download the remaining drivers you need

Colif

Win 11 Master
Moderator
Its a common complaint with fresh installs on win 7. One solution is have an internal Blue ray attached to sata, but that an expensive luxury just for installing things

Another would be this:
Use drive management to create a small partition on ssd, it doesn't need to be massive
remove ssd from pc,
put it in another pc as a secondary drive
Download all the drivers you need to get pc working (ethernet and all motherboard drivers) and put them on the partition you made on ssd
remove ssd from pc and replace it in yours..
install drivers and then download the remaining drivers you need
 
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