Drivers-USB3

[TheAlien]

Well.......tried it with a non powered hub and a powered hub.

Still " required cd/dvd device driver is missing "

Any other suggestions please ???

[Huffer]

Did you look in the BIOS? We have had some suggestion here in the Forum that not all thumb drives will work as Windows install media. Should show up as removable media in the Windows Explorer. 

[TheAlien]

Be advised this refers to laptop start via USB having changed Biops to allow non uefi start.

Have tried install with a USB thumb drive - and a USB CD drive [ preferred ] 

OS appears to load and then still asks for drivers.

When Bios is changed to secure - and USB set to boot - then the system ignores the 

USB stick with W7 OS on it.

Have looked in the bios and there is nowhere that its possible to change a USB3 to a USB2 port

If compatible USB3 drivers were available then they could be loaded and all this hassle would go away . 

Surely designers must have anticipated this ???

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

I have done some thinking and research on this and the problem is not actually completely a usb 3.0 problem at all. Read this:

https://m.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/3h8vk0/build_help_installing_windows_7_on_skylake_z170/

And this:

http://wccftech.com/intel-skylake-remove-support-usb-based-windows-7-installation-platform-specs/

Seems that installing Windows 7 via USB on a Skylake platform is not supported and requires workarounds. 

This one (from the Forum above) seems fairly easy to do:

I found a solution! I had a similar problem with my girlfriends new laptop without OS. It has two USB ports, both of them USB3 and an i5 6200U CPU. While installing from USB pen, I got the same error with missing drivers, and the same happened with the Intel usb 3 driver slipstreamed.

Here's what I did:

1. Boot into a live linux system (with GParted or similar tool), I had ubuntu 14.04 ISO lying around. I won't instruct you on how to build a bootable USB stick with linux (I personally use DriveDroid on Android).

2. Once in the live system, open GParted and create a new NTFS partition of at least 4.5 GB.

3. Right click on your new partition in GParted and select "manage flags" and tick the "boot" checkbox.

4. Now (still in the live system) unpack your windows 7 ISO onto the new partition

5. Reboot out of your live system and unplug your USB disk.

6. Depending on how many sources and partitions you have, you might have to change your boot order to boot from your new partition, and your Windows 7 install should begin.

7. When installation is complete, you can delete your 4.5 GB partition.

 This solution works, but partition needs to be at the start of hdd disk

[TheAlien]

Thanks huffer

I really appreciate the effort you have put into this.

.....a very interesting solution. I may well try it out.

However last night I also did some thinking and then searched for the MS USB3 driver that the native system uses.

Its available for download on the MS site.

After some fiddling I found that loading the package gave only one compatible driver - but it did not work. However selecting ALL [ both compatible and otherwise ] the drivers did indeed load and it was possible to go further into the OS install.  I still need to check repeatability - and When I get some more time I will further document this and post it for your information.