- Jul 3, 2013
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So I just bought a new laptop without a without an OS since I wanted windows 7 instead of the preinstalled windows 10.
I made a bootable usb with the windows 7 iso, disabled UEFI in bios so I could actually start the installation. But when I try to install it I get stopped and asked for a missing cd/dvd driver.
I've tried multiple solutions from here and other forums, all to no avail.
I redid the bootable usb.
I tried taking the usb out (of a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 , all combinations of the 2) and putting it back in after canceling and going back to the start of the installer and trying again.
I tried finding a apropriate driver from the packaged driver disc, but there is no cd/dvd driver since it's a laptop without a dvd drive, and it also seems that all the drivers that come with the disc are windows 10 drivers.
Others have suggested that it is the SATA driver that needs to be updated, but I couldn't find that on the disc and I tried finding the windows 7 SATA drivers based in my cpu a i5 6 gen, but that is a whole other problem entirely, when I actually boot windows from the usb the only thing I can browse to when looking for drivers is the already booted program (boot x:/), not even the actual content of the usb. And others that have suggested just putting the driver on the same usb as the windows boot haven't really explained how to navigate or how to install them.
Other suggestions I haven't been able to do since there are no options for it in my bios.
Like disabling USB 3.0 support, wich would make sense since there are 2 USB 3.0 ports and 1 USB 2.0
And possibly changning my sata type or somthing? Though my current one is AHCI, and i've only seen complaints about RAID
Other information that might be relevant only storage is a 250G SSD
Is my problem possibly because all the preinstalled drivers are for windows 10 and that just elimnates the possibilty of correctly reading anything?
I made a bootable usb with the windows 7 iso, disabled UEFI in bios so I could actually start the installation. But when I try to install it I get stopped and asked for a missing cd/dvd driver.
I've tried multiple solutions from here and other forums, all to no avail.
I redid the bootable usb.
I tried taking the usb out (of a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 , all combinations of the 2) and putting it back in after canceling and going back to the start of the installer and trying again.
I tried finding a apropriate driver from the packaged driver disc, but there is no cd/dvd driver since it's a laptop without a dvd drive, and it also seems that all the drivers that come with the disc are windows 10 drivers.
Others have suggested that it is the SATA driver that needs to be updated, but I couldn't find that on the disc and I tried finding the windows 7 SATA drivers based in my cpu a i5 6 gen, but that is a whole other problem entirely, when I actually boot windows from the usb the only thing I can browse to when looking for drivers is the already booted program (boot x:/), not even the actual content of the usb. And others that have suggested just putting the driver on the same usb as the windows boot haven't really explained how to navigate or how to install them.
Other suggestions I haven't been able to do since there are no options for it in my bios.
Like disabling USB 3.0 support, wich would make sense since there are 2 USB 3.0 ports and 1 USB 2.0
And possibly changning my sata type or somthing? Though my current one is AHCI, and i've only seen complaints about RAID
Other information that might be relevant only storage is a 250G SSD
Is my problem possibly because all the preinstalled drivers are for windows 10 and that just elimnates the possibilty of correctly reading anything?
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