Can't get drivers on Z170-AR

[thisdugan]

I am running windows 7 with a Asus Z170-AR with an i7 6700k. I installed windows with a disc but I can't get any drivers because Windows does not recognize any USB drives or internet through Ethernet. I don't know how to go on without getting drivers? Thank you to anyone who has any advice.

 

[geofelt]

Buy a sata dvd to use either temporarily or permanently.
You can load drivers from the cd that came with the motherboard.

 

[13thmonkey]

it should just work, are they turned on in Bios?

 

[geofelt]

it should just work, are they turned on in Bios?

Z170 allows boot from sata, not from usb natively.

 

[13thmonkey]

But are the USB ports disabled in BIOS and therefore unavailable to windows and unable to access the files with the drivers?

 

[geofelt]

But are the USB ports disabled in BIOS and therefore unavailable to windows and unable to access the files with the drivers?

No, but they require drivers to function.
In my Asus motherboard manual, there is a chapter that describes what you need to do to load windows 7.
Read it; yours should have the same explanation.