Windows 7, Freshly installed, cant load drivers, No cd drive, no usb, no internet

[By Dawe]

Hey guys,

I just installed os on laptop - Windows 7, but does not have any possibility how to install drivers drivers. USB 2.0 does not respond, ethernet cable either - no Drivers. How can I possibly load drivers to the laptop?

I am trying to find a solution but nothing, only similar problem was to change in BIOS USB 3.0 to 2.0, but I have no idea how to do it in Insydeh20 bios.

 

[Morad Tamer]

Can you reinstall the os while connecting the laptop to the internet using ethernet cable from the router

 

[Sylvvester]

Download usb / ethernet drivers for windows 7 for your laptop from official manufacturers website.
If you are unable to use any device on your laptop to transfer the files then boot your laptop from linux live usb and use it to copy downloaded driver files to your windows 7 parititon. Reboot to windows 7 and install drivers using copied files.

 

[By Dawe]

Thank you, linux is indeed the solution 😀

 

[sujinjian]

Download usb / ethernet drivers for windows 7 for your laptop from official manufacturers website.
If you are unable to use any device on your laptop to transfer the files then boot your laptop from linux live usb and use it to copy downloaded driver files to your windows 7 parititon. Reboot to windows 7 and install drivers using copied files.

I don't mean to hijack but I have a very similar situation to the OP in that I did a clean install of Win 7 but can't install any drivers because win doesn't recognize USB.

Could you possibly go a bit more in detail about booting from linux live and copying drivers to the win 7 partition?
I have no idea how linux works but OP seems to have solved his problem through it.

Thank you in advanced!

 

[Sylvvester]

Go to https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick#C.29_Recommended_USB_installation_method_from_Windows
and follow the instructions (Recommended USB installation method from Windows) until step 8.
After step 8 (selecting iso image) press "Extract files".
Wait for extraction to finish and then go to work directory. Create folder named w7_drivers and copy usb drivers for your fresh win 7 installation into that folder.
Now continue with step 9.

After bootable usb is created, eject it and plug it into your other pc that is missing usb drivers.
Restart the pc and use boot menu or change boot order in bios to boot the pc from usb stick.
After linux loads you should see: root@sysresccd /root %
Type the following commands:

fdisk -l
(find the name of your windows parition, you should be able to identify it by size, it will have type HPFS/NTFS/exFAT, the name will be something like /dev/sda2)

mkdir -p /mnt/w7hdd
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/w7hdd
(replace /dev/sda2 with name of your windows partition)

cp -a /livemnt/boot/w7_drivers /mnt/w7hdd
umount /mnt/w7hdd
shutdown -h now
(now boot your pc from hdd and you should be able to find folder w7_drivers on your C: parition)

 

[win7inst]

Hi Sylvvester,
I had follow your steps above but i cant get the linux command : After linux loads you should see: root@sysresccd /root %
But get kernel not install? How

 

[Sylvvester]

If you couldn't get it to work then either there was a problem while creating bootable usb or linux kernel does not have drivers for your machine.

You can try different linux. For example ubuntu: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
1. Follow the instructions to create bootable usb.
2. Browse usb stick and create folder w7_drivers and copy your drivers there.
3. Boot from usb stick and select "Try Ubuntu without installing"
If step 3 failed then give up trying to use linux.
4. Open Files app (3rd icon from the top on the task bar).
5. Go to: other locations (left panel) -> Computer -> cdrom -> w7_drivers
6. Find your windows 7 partition using files app and copy files from w7_drivers.

If linux doesn't work then another option is to remove your windows 7 hard drive from your computer and connect it to another computer (directly or using SATA to USB converter) and use it to copy drivers onto your windows 7 hard drive.