Installing drivers on a laptop using a hidden hard drive partition. Installing drivers on a laptop using a hidden hard drive partition Driver boot disk

Driver integrationSATA it does not work in the Windows XP distribution; the boot disk is created that is not working. There was, as you said on the website oszone.net, there were two instructions, one very complex, the other simpler, I chose the second, did everything as it was written there, downloaded the MassStor driver package, the drivers themselves are successfully integrated into the unpacked distribution, but then when I assemble the assembly in ISO image with the CDIMAGE program, then I burn it with the free program ImgBurn, somewhere an error occurs and the disk is ultimately not bootable, ruining five discs. I was on another good resource dedicated to laptops, I read the instructions, they use the nLite program, I do everything as they say, at the end I click on record and again the blank turns out not to be bootable, and what’s interesting is that they don’t recommend using nLite on ozone, but on this the resource does not recommend CDIMAGE, I am confused and in despair, I urgently need a computer with an operating system.

Integration of SATA drivers into the distribution

Well, you’re in vain about despair, you need to calm down and still find an acceptable solution, let’s try to find the mistake. I’ll say in advance, we’ve figured it all out, so let’s start debriefing, we integrate SATA drivers into the distribution kit fast and free. By the way, many may ask why?

  • Note: On fairly new motherboards with a SATA II hard drive controller, and this applies to desktop computers as well as laptops, AHCI hard drive technology is used. Undoubtedly, it is better than the previous IDE technology, but the fact is that it was developed much later than Windows XP was invented and therefore, to install this operating system, AHCI controller drivers are needed, which must either be slipped during installation on a floppy disk, or integrated directly into the Windows XP distribution itself, otherwise the installation process will end in error.
  • On some motherboards, you can switch the operating mode of the hard drive from AHCI to IDE, then Windows XP will install without problems, but you will also have to forget about the advantages of AHCI, because while the operating system is running, switching to AHCI mode will also not work, it will end with a blue screen.

We don’t and can’t have a flop on our laptop, so integrate driversSATA to the Windows XP distribution
I haven’t used the CDIMAGE program, I can’t say anything, but I used nLite with great success, let’s start from the very beginning.
First of all, we take a CD with Windows XP, it is very important to use original, unmodified builds of Microsoft Windows XP, this is the key to success.
We create a folder in the root of the disk (C:) and name it (XPCD), copy all the files from the Windows XP CD into it.

If instead of a CD with an operating system you use an Iso Image of Windows XP, you need to do the same with it, unzip it into the XPCD folder in the root of the drive (C:), you can use this 7-zip program.

Next, go to oszone.net, register there very simply, and download MassStor with sata drivers. If you have a 32-bit operating system, which is in most cases, download the corresponding package MassStor_x86_11.8.22.rar, if 64-bit, then another MassStor_x64_11.3.8.rar.

we take out MassStor.exe from the unzipped folder, run it, it asks us where the folder with Windows XP files is, I want integrate SATA drivers into it and we show him our folder in the root of the disk (C:), it’s called (XPCD), haven’t you forgotten yet?

Integration takes ten seconds.

For normal operation, you will need the NET Framework 2.0 package; you may already have it installed, first try installing and running nLite.
Launch nLite

Welcome


In the review, indicate the location of our image -> C:\XPCD and click next

Create a bootable ISO image and again Next


Click review


Free Windows 64 drivers for your computer - download a disk for installing drivers, which is simply necessary after a clean installation of the Windows operating system on any PC, computer or laptop. By downloading this driver installer, everyone will be able to install drivers for windows 7 64bit, 32bit or download drivers for windows 10 for free and any other version of win starting from XP. The whole set weighs quite a bit - 27.17 Gb, but there you will find both a network driver for the Windows 7 Internet, and drivers for a Windows 7 printer from any manufacturer (HP, Asus, etc.), and an nvidia driver for a Windows video card. Without undue modesty, we will say that there are no devices for which this set will not contain drivers. Everything important on one disk or flash drive.

Windows driver pack version: 17.10.25.1390
Official site: forum.oszone.net
Interface language: Russian (Rus) and Eng + multi
Treatment: not required
ISO Size: 27.17Gb

Download free drivers for windows torrent

What operating systems are these “firewood” suitable for? x64 and x86 inclusive.
- Drivers for Windows XP free
- Drivers for Windows Vista free of charge
- Drivers for Windows 8 and 8.1 free
- Drivers for Windows 7 free
- Drivers for Windows 10 free

What does the Windows driver installer look like in action? Clear and minimal interface.




The program itself will detect devices and install only what your PC and devices connected to the PC need.
Drivers for Video
Drivers for Chipset
Audio Drivers
Drivers for HDD Controllers
Drivers for Serial external modems
Drivers for ACPI devices.
Drivers for PCMCIA devices
Drivers for NIC and PCI modems
Drivers for IEEE 1394 Host controllers
Drivers for CardBus controllers
Drivers for USB Host controllers
Drivers for LPT printers
Drivers for USB Devices

ATTENTION!!! This version of the program uses an expanded driver database (*_DBX.ini) and index files (*.idx) used to speed up the search process. No compatibility with versions lower than 9.x.

We recommend that after downloading this set of Windows drivers to your computer, purchase a flash drive with at least 32GB of free space and write the contents of the distribution onto the flash drive. Now you always have at hand a life-saving set of “firewood” for all occasions. Either you reinstalled windows, or connected a new printer, or changed the video adapter. This driver pack will always save your time and nerves.

When installing Windows 7 on a brand new laptop from my Zalman ZM-VE200 external hard drive emulating a CD/DVD drive running via USB, I encountered an error. The system refused to install without finding the drivers required for installation. No amount of resetting BIOS settings, changing the order of boot disks, changing the installation disk/image to other editions, or changing a 32-bit system to a 64-bit one also helped.

A message popped up:

The required driver for the optical drive was not found. If you have a floppy CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with this driver, insert this media. Device drivers were not found. Verify that the installed media has the correct drivers and click OK. Note: If the Windows installation media is inserted into your CD/DVD drive, you may want to remove it while you perform this step.

Error installing Windows 7

The solution turned out to be simple: I switched the external hard drive to another USB and the download went through, the installation proceeded step by step, the problem was solved by itself

The problem lies in the new USB 3.0 interface, the ports are usually painted blue, be careful with them when installing Windows 7 from USB flash drives and USB hard drives

Possible causes and solutions:

  1. Insert the installation flash drive into a regular USB 2.0 connector, and not into a USB 3.0. They are easy to distinguish by the color of the contacts: in 2.0 it is black, in 3.0 it is blue. Just don't plug into the blue connector. Look at the picture
    Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0 out of the box. Therefore, when installing from a flash drive, connect it to a USB 1.x/2.0 port. If you only have USB 3.0, you will have to stock up on drivers.
  2. Try resetting the BIOS to factory settings. If the previous point does not help, try resetting the BIOS, this has helped many
  3. Temporarily disable USB 3.0 in BIOS settings On some laptops and computers, it is possible to disable USB 3.0. via BIOS, and then the connector will work like a regular USB 2.0. Try to do this, install the system, and then return it back.
  4. Don't use Windows builds. Only original images. Perhaps you are not installing the original Windows, but one modified by unknown “authors”. Many drivers and system programs could be removed from it, and a bunch of unnecessary programs could be added, so I advise you to find the original image: on torrents, on MSDN, on a licensed disk, etc.
  5. Burn the installation disc at the minimum speed. If you burned the image to disk and cannot install it, then try burning the image again on a blank at the minimum speed - 1x, 2x or 4x. Oddly enough, but this also helps.
  6. Download USB 3.0 drivers separately to a USB flash drive and point to them during installation. If none of the points help, then you will still have to download the USB 3.0 drivers, put them on a flash drive or hard drive and indicate where they are during installation. Then the installation will go like clockwork.
    Drivers for USB 3.0 can be downloaded from the USB 3.0 drivers link: Renasas Electronics* USB 3.0 Driver or on the website of other manufacturers
  7. Try installing Windows from another USB flash drive It is unlikely that it will help, but for some readers this was the only thing that helped. Let's leave this to the conscience of flash drive manufacturers or users who initially formatted flash drives incorrectly.


This disk is a collection of drivers with the ability to install the necessary drivers in a few clicks. The program automatically determines which drivers are needed for a given computer. Works with standard installers and unpacked drivers.

System requirements:
Windows 2000
Windows XP 32/64 bit
Windows2003 32/64 bit (not tested)
Windows Vista 32/64 bit
Windows 2008 32/64 bit (not tested)
Windows 2008 R2 32/64 bit (not tested)
Windows 7 32/64 bit
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows Server 2012 32/64 bit
Windows 8.1 32/64 bit
Windows Server 2012 R2 32/64 bit
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 10 Server 64 bit

Torrent Collection of drivers - MCS Drivers Disk 18.01.24.1417 details:
The number of drivers found by the program for a particular OS depends only on the availability of those on the disk (limited by disk space) and the correctness of filling in the paths in the corresponding configuration files. Users can add or remove drivers from the disk themselves and replenish the HWID database.

This program was written for myself and friends and accordingly is supplied As Is (As Is).
The drivers on the disk have not been tested for compatibility with all operating systems for which they are stated. The author is not responsible for any damage caused by using this program.

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ATTENTION!!! This version uses only the extended driver database (*_DBX.ini) + index files (*.idx) to speed up the search procedure. Not compatible with versions 9.x and lower.

Defined devices:
Chipset
Video
Audio
NIC and PCI modems
HDD controllers
IEEE 1394 Host controllers
USB Host Controllers
CardBus controllers
USB Devices
LPT printers
Serial external modems
PCMCIA devices
ACPI devices.

Known Issues:
The program sometimes crashes. (Fixed by disabling Auto Status Request in Settings)

How to update from version 17.10.25.1390 ​​to this one - 18.01.24.1417:
In the root of the distribution folder, run "Clear.exe", click "Search for unnecessary files", wait for the scan and then click "Delete selected files".
"Update file list" - DO NOT CLICK.

PS. Upgrading from older versions to this one has not been tested. Perhaps (and logically) it will also work. Everything is at your own peril and risk.

v18.01.24.1417
[-]Fixed the function of clearing a section when recreating a database in the driver database generator.
Previously, it did not always correctly determine the contents of the section, which could lead to damage to the database.
[-]Correction of installers for Intel iPro network card drivers.
There were meetings with incorrect configuration and therefore did not work.
[-]Fixed a bug in the operation of the button for deleting sections in the driver database.
[-]Sometimes an error in identifying the manufacturer occurred on Windows 10.

  • Changes in the "Checking configuration files" module (get around):
  • Most of the code has been rewritten
    [+] Added the ability to multi-select items
    [-] fixed the formation of duplicates in the list
    [+]Icon indicating updates in the list of drivers.
  • Some drivers have been updated to the latest versions and new ones have been added.
  • Updated device database.
  • Updated language file.
  • Correction of found errors.
  • ASoft .NET Version Detector v17R2 has been updated.
  • Updated SIV to v5.26
  • Updated Display Driver Uninstaller v17.0.8.1
  • Updated HWiNFO to v5.70 - 3300 (stable)
  • Crystal DiskMark updated to v6.0.0
  • Updated Crystal DiskInfo to v7.5.1
  • Updated AS SSD Benchmark v2.0.6485.19676
  • Updated CPU-Z to v1.8.3
  • Good afternoon, dear readers and guests of the blog, I think many of you have encountered such a situation that when you try to install Windows 7 on a new laptop, which most often has a fresh chipset and version 3 USB ports, you may not see the disk where you can install the system, and the whole problem is in the seven distribution kit, since it does not have support for usb 3.0, today I will teach you and show you how to integrate usb 3.0 drivers into the windows 7 distribution kit.

    And so we have outlined the problem, even though the modern Windows 10 operating system has been released, not everyone likes it, since there are a lot of glitches, I can only cite the latest ones:

    • The sound does not work on a Windows 10 computer, the sound is half the problem, cameras or wifi modules are much more important
    • black screen when turning on windows 10 laptop and this list can be continued for a very long time

    As a result, many people remain on Windows 7 and want to use it on new technology. One of my friends bought a laptop HP 15-ay043ur, 15.6", Intel Pentium N3710, 1.6 GHz, 4 GB, 128 GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 405. It did not have an operating system, it was DOS. My friend prepared a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 with using the USB DVD Download Tool utility. Launches the seven installer and when you select the disk for installation, you see the following.

    No device drivers were found. Verify that the installation media contains the correct drivers and click OK.

    As you can see, he does not see the USB 3.0 flash drive and the installation wizard cannot start, and it is logical that you either need to find a distribution with usb 3.0 drivers already added to Windows 7 or do it yourself, which is what we will do.

    Integrating drivers into a Windows 7 image can be done using several methods, both using additional utilities and using the command line and its utilities; we will look at several options.

    Not the easiest utility to install the necessary drivers, but the utility is very high quality and has a lot of functionality.

    Download NTLite from the official website https://www.ntlite.com/download/

    I immediately advise you to install only stable versions, I do not advise beta. Choose the NTLite version for your Windows 7 bit depth.

    Carry out a simple installation of the NTLite utility, click next a couple of times. We launch it and select a free license, this will be enough for us.

    Add drivers to a Windows 7 image using EZ Installer

    I would like to note right away that the EZ Installer utility from ASUS is suitable for adding USB 3.0 drivers from Intel chipsets 8, 9, 100 series. The utility is simple and is designed to automatically add USB 3.0 drivers to your Windows 7 distribution. It is suitable for users who do not have much experience with Windows systems.

    Let's immediately tell you the principle of operation of the asus ez installer, you have an ISO image with Windows 7 and from it the utility will make you a new either DVD or USB drive, to which it will add a USB driver. The ISO image must be mounted into the system, if you have WIndows 8.1 or 10, then you can do this by double-clicking on the ISO; if your host system version is 7 or lower, you will have to use daemot tools or alcohol 120.

    I would like to note that in my practice there were cases that when using asus ez installer

    how to use asus ez installer

    Run xHCIWin7InstSln.exe, the ASUS EZ installer will open, you need to select either:

    • Windows 7 disk for USB drive > to do this you need to insert a bootable USB flash drive with the seven distribution kit
    • ISO disk image Windows 7 > you will need to mount the ISO image

    We agree to the license agreement and click next.

    As you can see. The utility was able to determine the mounted distribution in the D:\ drive, click next.

    At this stage of the wizard, you need to specify the folder where the new ISO Image will be created and check the Compatibility Mode checkbox.

    After some time, the integration of usb 3.0 into the Windows 7 distribution will be completed.

    Now all you have to do is test the operation of ez installer in practice.

    Add drivers to the Windows 7 image using USB 3.0 Creator Utility

    Yes, Intel has its own utility for adding drivers to the Windows 7 distribution, since most of the chipsets in technology in Russia are based on them.

    You can download USB 3.0 Creator Utility from the link https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

    You launch the utility, next to it is a folder with drivers, the utility only works with a bootable USB flash drive that already has a distribution kit, you won’t be able to insert an ISO.

    As a result, USB 3.0 Creator Utility will integrate your drivers into the seven distribution kit in about 15 minutes.

    Add drivers to the Windows 7 image using USB Patcher

    USB Patcher utility for integrating USB 3.0 drivers from Intel chipsets 8, 9, 100 series. The utility itself is very simple; when you launch it, you will have three options:

    • Create a Windows 7 installation disk with a USB device > Creating a distribution kit on flash media
    • Create a Windows 7 installation disk with a CD > creating a boot disk
    • Create a Windows 7 installation ISO feli for a CD > create an ISO with drivers

    I choose the third option, for example, you have the right to use the one you need.

    Specify the path to your ISO image with seven and click next

    Select where the new ISO with integrated USB 3.0 drivers will be saved

    Well, that’s all, click Start to begin the process of adding drivers.

    Everything was completed successfully.

    Summary of Adding USB 3.0 Drivers

    I hope you have mastered all the methods, as you probably noticed, the first method has a huge advantage and it lies in the fact that you can add a bunch of drivers using this method, not only USB 3.0, but also, for example, to a network card. If I find any other useful utilities, I will definitely add them to you here. I hope you now understand that adding drivers to a Windows 7 image is very simple.