Next, you need to integrate your drivers into the Windows 7 installation image (it may be an ISO file or a ready image copied to the installation USB stick). You can create several subfolders with different USB 3.0 drivers for popular chipset models inside the USB3 catalog. Extract the driver archives to the USB3 folder. Create a new directory c:\tmp, and create two subfolders inside it: mount and USB3.
In this article, we will show you how to manually integrate USB drivers into the Windows 7 installation image without using third-party utilities.įirst of all, find and download USB 3.0 drivers for your chipset from the vendor’s website (in our example, it is Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family). Examples: ASRock (Win 7 USB Patcher), MSI (MSI Smart Tool), Intel (Windows USB Installation Tool for Windows 7), Gigabyte (Windows USB Installation Tool), etc. Some motherboard vendors released special tools to integrate their USB drivers into your Windows 7 install image.
