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Good afternoon, dear readers and guests of the blog, I think many of you have encountered such a situation that when you try to install Windows 7 on a new laptop, which most often has a fresh chipset and version 3 USB ports, you may not see the disk where you can install the system, and the whole problem is in the seven distribution kit, since it does not have support for usb 3.0, today I will teach you and show you how to integrate usb 3.0 drivers into the windows 7 distribution kit.

And so we have outlined the problem, even though the modern Windows 10 operating system has been released, not everyone likes it, since there are a lot of glitches, I can only cite the latest ones:

  • The sound does not work on a Windows 10 computer, the sound is half the problem, cameras or wifi modules are much more important
  • black screen when turning on windows 10 laptop and this list can be continued for a very long time

As a result, many people remain on Windows 7 and want to use it on new technology. One of my friends bought a laptop HP 15-ay043ur, 15.6", Intel Pentium N3710, 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 128 GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 405. It did not have an operating system, it was DOS. My friend prepared a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 with using the USB DVD Download Tool. It launches the 7 installer and when you select the disk for installation, it sees the following.

No device drivers were found. Verify that the installation media contains the correct drivers and click OK.

As you can see, he does not see the USB 3.0 flash drive and the installation wizard cannot start, and it is logical that you either need to find a distribution with usb 3.0 drivers already added to Windows 7 or do it yourself, which is what we will do.

Integrating drivers into a Windows 7 image can be done using several methods, both using additional utilities and using the command line and its utilities; we will look at several options.

Not the easiest utility to install the necessary drivers, but the utility is very high quality and has a lot of functionality.

Download NTLite from the official website https://www.ntlite.com/download/

I immediately advise you to install only stable versions, I do not advise beta. Choose the NTLite version for your Windows 7 bit depth.

Carry out a simple installation of the NTLite utility, click next a couple of times. We launch it and select a free license, this will be enough for us.

Add drivers to a Windows 7 image using EZ Installer

I would like to note right away that the EZ Installer utility from ASUS is suitable for adding USB 3.0 drivers from Intel chipsets 8, 9, 100 series. The utility is simple and is designed to automatically add USB 3.0 drivers to your Windows 7 distribution. It is suitable for users who do not have much experience with Windows systems.

Let's immediately tell you the principle of operation of the asus ez installer, you have an ISO image with Windows 7 and from it the utility will make you a new either DVD or USB drive, to which it will add a USB driver. The ISO image must be mounted into the system, if you have WIndows 8.1 or 10, then you can do this by double-clicking on the ISO; if your host system version is 7 or lower, you will have to use daemot tools or alcohol 120.

I would like to note that in my practice there were cases that when using asus ez installer

how to use asus ez installer

Run xHCIWin7InstSln.exe, the ASUS EZ installer will open, you need to select either:

  • Windows 7 disk for USB drive > to do this you need to insert a bootable USB flash drive with the seven distribution kit
  • ISO disk image Windows 7 > you will need to mount the ISO image

We agree to the license agreement and click next.

As you can see. The utility was able to determine the mounted distribution in the D:\ drive, click next.

At this stage of the wizard, you need to specify the folder where the new ISO Image will be created and check the Compatibility Mode checkbox.

After some time, the integration of usb 3.0 into the Windows 7 distribution will be completed.

Now all you have to do is test the operation of ez installer in practice.

Add drivers to the Windows 7 image using USB 3.0 Creator Utility

Yes, Intel has its own utility for adding drivers to the Windows 7 distribution, since most of the chipsets in technology in Russia are based on them.

You can download USB 3.0 Creator Utility from the link https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

You launch the utility, next to it is a folder with drivers, the utility only works with a bootable USB flash drive that already has a distribution kit, you won’t be able to insert an ISO.

As a result, USB 3.0 Creator Utility will integrate your drivers into the seven distribution kit in about 15 minutes.

Add drivers to the Windows 7 image using USB Patcher

USB Patcher utility for integrating USB 3.0 drivers from Intel chipsets 8, 9, 100 series. The utility itself is very simple; when you launch it, you will have three options:

  • Create a Windows 7 installation disk with a USB device > Creating a distribution kit on flash media
  • Create a Windows 7 installation disk with a CD > creating a boot disk
  • Create a Windows 7 installation ISO feli for a CD > create an ISO with drivers

I choose the third option, for example, you have the right to use the one you need.

Specify the path to your ISO image with seven and click next

Select where the new ISO with integrated USB 3.0 drivers will be saved

Well, that’s all, click Start to begin the process of adding drivers.

Everything was completed successfully.

Summary of Adding USB 3.0 Drivers

I hope you have mastered all the methods, as you probably noticed, the first method has a huge advantage and it lies in the fact that you can add a bunch of drivers using this method, not only USB 3.0, but also, for example, to a network card. If I find any other useful utilities, I will definitely add them to you here. I hope you now understand that adding drivers to a Windows 7 image is very simple.

Optimization and acceleration of the computer.
Windows installation

Features of installing Windows XP from a flash drive

During the installation process you will be asked to select a language - Russian is available. Then everything goes smoothly and after the installation is complete, we launch the program nLite- Fig. 1:


Fig.1. Main program window nLite

If the distribution (that is, installation files) Windows XP is on a CD, you must first download it to your hard drive, for example, to the C:\ folder. This address must be specified after pressing the button Further in Fig. 1. To view information about your OS, you can click Review- Fig. 2:



Fig.2. Windows XP Information


Fig.3.


Fig.4. Integrating SATA Drivers into Windows XP

Select the necessary drivers for your computer. For netbooks based on Atom processors, this is usually ICH7-M. For laptops on the Intel CULV platform, this is ICH9-M. If you don’t know what to choose, then select everything - Fig. 5:



Fig.5. Selecting SATA Drivers for Windows XP

Fig.6. Launching SATA Driver Integration for Windows XP

If everything is done correctly, then at the end of the process of integrating SATA drivers into Windows XP, a message will be displayed The setup is complete! To exit the program nLite click Ready.

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Today I’ll tell you about one of the many ways to integrate, implement, drivers into a Windows installation image. Thus, you can integrate absolutely any drivers you need into almost any Windows image, starting with the 7 series and ending with Windows 10.

We'll need it.

First of all, the image of the operating system into which we will integrate the drivers. For a positive final result, you need to take the original image, the one in which no changes have been made.

Find out whether you have an original image or not.

We will also need drivers that we will integrate into our image.

Well, the program itself with which we will do this. The program is called Ntlite. You can download the program from the developer's website Ntlite.com

Preparatory process.

Drivers prepared for integration must be unzipped and located in the same folder.

The image into which we integrate these drivers must be unpacked using an archiver; I use the 7zip archiver.

NtLite must be installed.

Our actions or the integration process itself.

Launch the NtLite program. In the program window that opens, at the top left, click Add and specify the path to the folder with the unpacked Windows image.

The folder will be added to the list of sources and the program will show which versions of Windows are contained in your unpacked image.

Select the version of the operating system that you will modify and left-click on it twice or right-click once and select download from the menu that opens.

The version you select will be mounted by the program into a temporary folder for further work with the files of this image.

You will have to wait a little while the mounting and loading process takes place. When finished, a green circle will appear to the left of the image.


Menu items for editing and changing the contents of the windows image will appear in the left half, select the item Drivers, then add — folder with multiple drivers.

Specify the path to the folder with prepared drivers and click open.

The program will put all the drivers that are in this folder in a queue for integration into the image.

Now select the menu item apply.


In the window that opens, after clicking on the menu item apply put a tick next to the item Save the image

Then give a label to the image and click OK.


Now click the button in the upper left corner of the Processing program.

The program will process all the drivers you downloaded, integrate them into the image and create the image itself.

The finished image will be saved where you specified.

When installing the Windows XP operating system on relatively new computers or laptops, a problem often arises with the lack of MB chipset or HDD controller drivers in the Windows distribution, as a result of which a message appears about the impossibility of finding the hard drive in the system, or even a BSOD. In this article I will explain in detail how to use the nLite program to integrate drivers into a Windows distribution and create a bootable ISO image.
This information is intended primarily for beginners, therefore it is replete with a large number of screenshots and detailed descriptions of actions that may seem to the average user to require no comment at all. Please be understanding.
1. We have an ISO image of the operating system Windows XP with integrated Service Pack 3.
Picture 1.
2. It must be unpacked with any archiver. In this case, unpacking occurs using the program WinRAR. In the context menu, select the appropriate item for extraction.

Figure 2.
3. In the window that appears, specify the path to extract the files, as shown in blue in Figure 3. Then, click the button OK.

Figure 3.
4. We see that a folder with our operating system package has appeared, circled in red in Figure 4.

Figure 4.
5. Unpack into the same folder (if unpacking is not required, simply copy) the driver that needs to be integrated into the Windows XP operating system distribution. The figure shows the folder with the controller drivers in red. AHCI chipsets ICH7-8-9-10.

Figure 5.
6. Launch the program installer nLite. The program is absolutely free and you can download the distribution from the developer’s official website. The main window of the installation program is shown in Figure 6. Here you need to select the Russian language, as shown by the blue marker, and then click the button Further.

Figure 6.
7. In the next window you need to specify the path to our unpacked distribution of the Windows operating system. To do this, press the button Review, as highlighted in Figure 7.

Figure 7.
8. In the folder overview, select the path to our folder with the unpacked operating system, and then press the button OK.
Figure 8.
9. As a result, we see general information about the selected product distribution. Press the button Further.

Figure 9.
10. The system presets window appears, skip it by pressing the button Further.

Figure 10.
11. In the next task selection window, you need to mark two parameters: Drivers And Bootable ISO image, as shown in blue in Figure 11. After which, press the button Further.

Figure 11.
12. We see the window for adding drivers to the operating system package. Press the button Add, marked with a red marker in the figure below.

Figure 12.
13. A pop-up menu appears, where we select the item Drivers folder.
Figure 13.
14. In the folder browser dialog box, indicate the path to the folder with drivers, which was discussed in paragraph 5 of this article. After that, press the button OK.
Figure 14.
15. Next, we see the window presented in Figure 15, where we see the path to the folder with the drivers specified earlier. Select it as shown with a blue marker, then press the button OK.

Figure 15.
16. In the next window, select the checkbox Text mode driver, as shown in blue in Figure 16.

Figure 16.
17. Now, from the list presented, select the drivers we need for integration, as shown in blue. Theoretically, you can integrate all the drivers presented in the folder, but it is more rational to integrate only those necessary for installation and operation of the system. Next, confirm your choice by pressing the button OK.

Figure 17.
18. We see a familiar window in which a list of drivers for integration appears. Press the button Further.

Figure 18.
19. An informative message appears to confirm our actions. We answer Yes.

Figure 19.
20. Now you need to wait for the data processing and driver integration.

Figure 20.
21. After completing the integration process, the information shown in Figure 21 will appear at the bottom of the window. Click the button OK.

Figure 21.
22. In the next window you need to select a mode Create Image to create a bootable ISO image. Next, click the button Create ISO, as marked in red in Figure 22.

Figure 22.
23. In the next window, select the path to save the image, enter its name, as shown in Figure 23 in blue. After this, press the button Save.

Figure 23.
24. Now you need to wait for the process to complete as shown below.

Figure 24.
25. After successfully creating the image, as evidenced by the information highlighted in the blue rectangle in Figure 25, press the button Further.

Figure 25.
26. In this window, click the button Ready.

Figure 26.
27. We see that the boot image we created with integrated drivers has appeared in the folder, as shown in Figure 27 in red.

Figure 27.

ATTENTION!
If you have a chipset from AMD 78x series (780,785), then skip the first two steps and go straight to the end of the article, it describes how to add a SATA driver for your chipset.

Step 1:
Download drivers for the SATA controller:


Step 2:
Installing drivers:
1) Let's go to My computer-->Properties-->tab Equipment-->device Manager-->section IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
We are interested in the first two controllers.
2) Select the first controller --> Update driver...(Fig.1)

Fig.1. device Manager

3) Choose No, not this time and click Further(Fig.2)

Fig.2. Update Wizard


4) Select and click Further(Fig.3)

Fig.3. Update Wizard


5) Choose Don't search. I will choose the right driver myself. and click Further(Fig.4)

Fig.4. Update Wizard

6) Uncheck the box Compatible devices only and click Install from disk...(Fig.5)

Fig.5. SATA driver selection


7) Click the Browse button... and select the driver (Fig. 6)

Fig.6. SATA driver selection


8) We get something like this (Fig. 7) and click Further

Fig.7. SATA driver selection


9) If a warning pops up, then click Yes(Fig. 8)

Fig.8. Installing SATA driver


10) The drivers will be installed, a message will be displayed, click Ready(Fig.9). When asked whether to reboot or not, we answer no.

Fig.9. Installing SATA driver

11) Repeat steps 2-10 only for the second controller.
12) Go to BIOS (F2 at boot, for S2 press Alt+F2) in Advanced-> IDE Configuration->parameter SATA Operation Mode change to Enhanced--> click F10

Integration of SATA drivers for 78x series (780,785) chipsets from AMD:
This method was suggested by a person under the nickname CCCP33.
Installation process:
1) Download SATA drivers: (downloads: 10955);
2) Copy from the folder SATA drivers file ahcix86.sys to the directory C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers;
3) Run the file SATA.REG, thereby adding the necessary data to the registry;
4) Reboot and in the BIOS set the SATA hard drive mode;
5) If Windows XP boots and the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, then the drivers have been successfully added. In the wizard we select Installation from a specified location-->put a check mark only on Include next search location, click Review-->specify the folder SATA drivers and click Further.
That's it, driver installation is complete.

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