How do I install drivers from the USB

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
A

Azagorod

Prominent
Jul 12, 2017
6
0
510
I have no optical drive, so I have to resort to USB. I downloaded the driver for the GPU and the SATA, Audio, LAN, USB and Chipset drivers for the motherboard. But, even after several restarts, Windows seems unable to see the USB entirely. Is there a way to make Windows recognize the stick?
 
Solution
Seanie280672
Sort by date Sort by votes
Seanie280672

Seanie280672

Estimable
Mar 19, 2017
1,958
1
2,960


You download the USB and LAN drivers so that you can get you internet and your USB ports working, but you are trying to install from a USB stick, on non working USB ports, kinda catch 22 isnt it.

I take it you are using Windows 7 on a new'ish build, this is how they block you from using old OSs on new systems and force you to Windows 10 which is what they want.

There is a way to do it, but you'll need to slip stream your drivers to the Windows 7 ISO and then re-install Windows 7 with the USB, Lan etc drivers already there, see here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11182/how-to-get-ryzen-working-on-windows-7-x64
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

Azagorod

Prominent
Jul 12, 2017
6
0
510


Yeah, thought so too when I saw the USB drivers, but my PC recognized the stick where I installed win7 from, so I thought that it could work. The window where it asks for drivers to install is closeable, or at least appears like it, with the trademark big red X in the upper right corner. I wasnt sure if I should do it, and install the drivers later when I have an optical drive or something, since Im a bit worried that it will cause my system to fail some things.
Here is the picture of the screen: http://imgur.com/a/myoPJ
Main window says "Choose the driver to install, the checked option is "Hide drivers that arent compatible with the hardware of this computer", bottom left option is browse, middle one is search again and right one is continue. The smaller window says "Search folder" and "Switch to the drivers and press OK", the displayed folder is my boot stick with the windows stuff on it.

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Seanie280672

Seanie280672

Estimable
Mar 19, 2017
1,958
1
2,960


MSI have a tool that you can download wich might help you out, not sure if you need to have an MSI motherboard or not, ive used it and so have plenty of other people, its called smart tool and will intergrate all the drivers for you, you can get it from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X370-GAMING-PRO-CARBON.html#down-utility select utilities, then Windows 10 as the OS, its the top available download.

Very strange that its actually using the USB though to install windows, the drivers that you downloaded, and are searching for on the USB stick need to be .inf files, not exe files or anything like that, if they downloaded as exe files, then you can use apps, I think winRAR works to de-compress the exe file and grab the inf files out of it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom