Question A required CD/DVD driver could not be found

[tmccar]

I have just built a system using the Asus Prime B250M. I'm trying to install Windows 7 from a USB drive but it's giving me an error message:
"A required CD/DVD driver could not be found".
I tried unplugging and re-plugging the USB drive.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Please post your system specs. This may be a case where you were trying to install Windows 7 to a CPU that does not support it and if so the USB will not work

 

[tmccar]

It's got an Intel i7-6700 CPU, and an Asus Prime B250M-Plus motherboard

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Yeah I don’t think that new processor supports windows seven I’ll have to check. OK I checked it looks like your processor should support Windows 7 so how did you make the USB install flash?

 

[tmccar]

I used the USB download tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56485
and the ISO file from here: https://softlay.net/operating-syste...full-version-free-download-iso-32-64-bit.html

 

[Deleted member 14196]

The iso should come from Microsoft so that’s probably your problem I don’t even know what you’re downloading. I doubt that download is even legal And it’s obviously missing drivers so it’s not the Microsoft iso

 

[tmccar]

Are they available from Microsoft?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

For Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-10-create-installation-media

 

[tmccar]

For Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-10-create-installation-media

Does not require any third-party downloads.

Yes, but it does require a product key

 

[Deleted member 14196]

So it’s confirmed what you’re trying to do is not legal. And I don’t believe that supported on these forums you’re going to need a key

 

[tmccar]

So it’s confirmed what you’re trying to do is not legal. And I don’t believe that supported on these forums you’re going to need a key

So it’s confirmed what you’re trying to do is not legal. And I don’t believe that supported on these forums you’re going to need a key

I am trying to install a legal copy of Windows 7 on my new PC build
Perhaps that's not possible?

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Not without a key it’s not possible unless you’re going to use a hacked copy of win 7

You can install and use windows 10 for free as long as you want, you just won’t be able to set your windows wallpaper and you may get a nag once in a while, but you can use it free until you could afford a license.

Otherwise you would need the Windows 7 dvd that came with your PC Or a purchased copy. MSDN members can also get the keys for free in fact you get many keys but MSDN is very expensive

 

[tmccar]

Wow, that's interesting. Can you direct me how to get the free version of Windows 10?

 

[ElectrO_90]

Wow, that's interesting. Can you direct me how to get the free version of Windows 10?

Go to MS website, download Windows 10 - do not enter KEY for it, and you can sitll use it 99.9% functional
If you go to Guru3d.com they have a link to windows 10 key costing a lot less. - which is a company I use for windows 10 keys

 

[tmccar]

Ok, that would give me a chance to try it out. If it works out, I will buy the key.
Maybe it's time to move on - but I am loath to let go of Windows 7.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

tmccar said : "but I am loath to let go of Windows 7"

So was I, but after a week of using Windows 10 I have never wanted to go back to 7.
In it's early days Windows 10 was widely unpopular (mainly because of it's radical new tiled desktop) but Microsoft has addressed that issue with updates to the GUI and other fixes.
It's desktop is now just like the Win7 desktop that most users prefer.

 

[tmccar]

Thanks Philip - knowing that, I might just make the switch.