File Locations Win 7

[liamoc74]

Hey guys..

So my problem is getting drivers on to laptops that have just had win 7 installed, either downgraded or just wiped.

Sometimes the network drivers are not there, its a pain in the arse. What I usually do is get my external with lots of different drivers on it and match it to the correct card and then install. This gives me wifi and i can get all other drivers then.


The problem is when the usb drivers and wifi drivers are not there, i can't plug a usb in to get wifi drivers and ive no wifi to get the usb drivers.

What i do is take out the hd and pop the correct usb driver on the hd from another computer via a sata cable, put hd back in the machine and install them from there, then i can plug in the hd with drivers and get wifi drivers. The thing is its hit and miss weather I can see the usb driver on the hd that I've just installed.

I usually put it on Local Disk where Program Files, Perf Files, Users, Windows is, sometimes it shows when i boot the drive, sometimes it doesn't.
I've tried putting files into desktop, documents etc etc and its just hit and miss.

Where would be the correct place to put these files to guarantee i can see/install them.
Or is there a way handier way to solve my problem?

Thanks..

[diif]

Re: File Locations Win 7

I've always installed drivers from USB, downloaded from the manufacturers website onto my PC whilst Windows is installing. It's extremely rare a laptop a Windows 7 install hasn't installed drivers that don't see a USB unless it's only got USB 3 ports, I think i installed from SD card that time. I know there are some newer laptops designed for 8 that don't support 7. In which case just put your drivers in a folder at root.
No need to put it any other folder.

[liamoc74]

Re: File Locations Win 7

How do you install them for manufacturers website if no wifi?
Can you give an example of "a folder at root"

Thanks for quick reply too, i appreciate it..

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

Hey guys..

So my problem is getting drivers on to laptops that have just had win 7 installed, either downgraded or just wiped.

Sometimes the network drivers are not there, its a pain in the arse. What I usually do is get my external with lots of different drivers on it and match it to the correct card and then install. This gives me wifi and i can get all other drivers then.


The problem is when the usb drivers and wifi drivers are not there, i can't plug a usb in to get wifi drivers and ive no wifi to get the usb drivers.

What i do is take out the hd and pop the correct usb driver on the hd from another computer via a sata cable, put hd back in the machine and install them from there, then i can plug in the hd with drivers and get wifi drivers. The thing is its hit and miss weather I can see the usb driver on the hd that I've just installed.

I usually put it on Local Disk where Program Files, Perf Files, Users, Windows is, sometimes it shows when i boot the drive, sometimes it doesn't.
I've tried putting files into desktop, documents etc etc and its just hit and miss.

Where would be the correct place to put these files to guarantee i can see/install them.
Or is there a way handier way to solve my problem?

Thanks..

If you have the driver on the computer and go to device manager and go to the device to were the driver is Windows will search your computer for the driver. I think you can even specify the file. Sometimes if the manufacturer has put a recovery partition and the partition is not cleared it can cause problems with loading Window drivers. The other thing that can happen is the USB could be hidden in Windows. I believe that is in the control panel under programs and I think it is up in the left corner. You have to select something and it will come up and then you have to uncheck it.

[liamoc74]

Re: File Locations Win 7

Tried that but no good.
Ive used the hardware id in there to find exact driver tho, searched for it then but no good..

[diif]

Re: File Locations Win 7

How do you install them for manufacturers website if no wifi?
Can you give an example of "a folder at root"

Thanks for quick reply too, i appreciate it..

I install from a USB stick in the order of chipset, Intel RST (if required), video, then network and audio and any others. I install the Windows 7 update patch, then connect to my LAN and update.

An example would be C:\E6520 obviously the drive letter changes when you put it in your PC as a slave.

Or burn a CD, I think I've done that a couple of times.

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

I think these program feature at depended on the machine. Here is what I copied for help and support on my computer. I use to have the feature of turning USB to hidden on my computer now I don't have that feature. Anyway, this could help.

Turn Windows features on or off

Some programs and features included with Windows, such as Internet Information Services, must be turned on before you can use them. Certain other features are turned on by default, but you can turn them off if you don't use them.

To turn a feature off in earlier versions of Windows, you had to uninstall it completely from your computer. In this version of Windows, the features remain stored on your hard disk so you can turn them back on if you want to. Turning off a feature does not uninstall the feature, and it does not reduce the amount of hard disk space used by Windows features.

To turn Windows features on or off, follow these steps:

Click the Start button Picture of the Start button, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Turn Windows features on or off. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

To turn a Windows feature on, select the check box next to the feature. To turn a Windows feature off, clear the check box. Click OK.

Picture of the Windows Features dialog boxFolders can contain both checked and unchecked features

Some Windows features are grouped together in folders, and some folders contain subfolders with additional features. If a check box is partially checked or is dimmed, then some of the items inside the folder are turned on and some are turned off. To view the contents of a folder, double-click it.

Note
In Windows Server 2008 R2, use Server Manager to turn Windows features on or off.

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

I install from a USB stick in the order of chipset, Intel RST (if required), video, then network and audio and any others. I install the Windows 7 update patch, then connect to my LAN and update.

An example would be C:\E6520 obviously the drive letter changes when you put it in your PC as a slave.

Or burn a CD, I think I've done that a couple of times.

There you go find the usb drivers of Windows 7 on the microsoft site burn them onto a disk and load the disk into the computer. I believe Windows 7 have a general usb driver that should work with any PC that meets the min requirements for windows 7

[diif]

Re: File Locations Win 7

There you go find the usb drivers of Windows 7 on the microsoft site burn them onto a disk and load the disk into the computer. I believe Windows 7 have a general usb driver that should work with any PC that meets the min requirements for windows 7

Microsoft have drivers for their hardware on their site. The default USB drivers you are talking about are installed from the Windows disc during install.

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

Microsoft have drivers for their hardware on their site. The default USB drivers you are talking about are installed from the Windows disc during install.

Depends, I have seen the USB drivers not work after an Windows 7 disk install. I am not sure the reason for that. I went to the manufacturer's site for these and in the end the universal USB on the windows site work. The Window 8 drivers are different than 7 although they are the same USB ports 2.0, 3.0

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

I've always installed drivers from USB, downloaded from the manufacturers website onto my PC whilst Windows is installing. It's extremely rare a laptop a Windows 7 install hasn't installed drivers that don't see a USB unless it's only got USB 3 ports, I think i installed from SD card that time. I know there are some newer laptops designed for 8 that don't support 7. In which case just put your drivers in a folder at root.
No need to put it any other folder.

So it is a simple check in the device manager to see if there is a little yellow flag on the USB port and look at the driver to see if it is installed.As he said the USB is not working.I say take care of that first and then the network driver second. Both drivers should be on internet A person can download them with another Windows 7 computer onto a disk. Then load that disk into your computer. Go back to device manager to that device and tell the device where to find the driver.

[meritosari]

Re: File Locations Win 7

- Driver for x86 or x64 version?
- If I have lot Files that very important, like Iso Win, My apps/Softwares, and others Data, then I put them in other Partition in same HDD.
- If I put them in C:\ partition if something goes wrong, then I want to install new OS, then all of them get lost.
- My local disk structure, after perform add new partittion. C:\System (winOS installed), D:\Data

[keeney123]

Re: File Locations Win 7

- Driver for x86 or x64 version?
- If I have lot Files that very important, like Iso Win, My apps/Softwares, and others Data, then I put them in other Partition in same HDD.
- If I put them in C:\ partition if something goes wrong, then I want to install new OS, then all of them get lost.
- My local disk structure, after perform add new partittion. C:\System (winOS installed), D:\Data

When Windows is installed on hard drive it reformats the hard drive with its own partitions all data will be lost. You can use a cloning program to a external USB hard drive then all you data will be on that Hard Drive. If that usb hard drive can also fit into your machine it will be able to boot up that machine with that OS. Windows also has a way of transferring from the old machine with old OS to new machine with new OS the old programs. You will find that in control panel. You would need a special USB cable to do this. It may not transfer all of them depending on whether Widows thinks it is compatible. I have found that cloning works best. Say your internal hard drive fails. Then all of your data is lost. Say your hard drive gets a virus on it and destroys data on all partitions. Then your data is lost. Say a virus destroys data on everything connected to the machine then all is lost. If you clone the hard drive and make sure it can boot up machine you can now take that drive put it on the shelf . If anything happens to the data on that machine you then have a backup that you can put in and then order a new hard drive to do the same cloning program.