[SOLVED] Help with Win & USB drivers on "generalized" HDD pleeeaase.

[daz_f]

Hi All.
I have "Generalized" a windows 7 HDD for transplant into my new system.
(Ryzen 7200 Gigabyte gaming 5 WiFi)
The HDD goes into WIN 7 setup and of course I have no USB.

Since I am not using an image, ISO or fresh disk install, how and where can I insert USB drivers
into the existing HDD.

I tried putting the HDD into the old computer and running the USB creator but it came back with no compatible hardware and stopped.
I have also tried all the XCHI ECHI and USB legacy suggestions in the BIOS with no luck.
Emailing Gigabyte was useless too.

Any Help would be great as I am dead in the water at the mo and I reeeaaallly don't want windows 10

TIA.
Darren.

 

[Alabalcho]

Why not just install your Windows from scratch?

I can't find your motherboard, but if Gigabyte do not provide Windows 7 drivers, you will have to swallow Win10.

 

[captaincharisma]

there is no support for windows 7 with ryzen CPU's.

 

[daz_f]

X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI

Operating System
Support for Windows 10 64-bit
Support for Windows 7 64-bit
* To support Windows 7 64-bit, you must install an AMD Pinnacle Ridge & Summit Ridge CPU.
* Intel WIFI driver only support for Win10-64bit

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X470-AORUS-GAMING-5-WIFI-rev-10#sp

 

[daz_f]

Surely i can inject usb drivers somewhere into the hard disk that win7 will load as it loads the setup?

I would rather not fresh install coz i have a fully setup HDD. It takes weeks to get back up and remembering passwords and setting up mail accounts etc etc.

I had win10 and rolled it back to 7. Don't like 10. One of my choices for this board was that it supporyed win7.

 

[Alabalcho]

Enable "Remote Desktop" feature on your "generic" image. Make it auto-login without asking for user/password. Then, connect remotely, and install whatever you need. If the LAN drivers have to be installed as well,, get $10 RTL8139 adapter, and plug it into the board while you do that.