Inject drivers into Windows 7 ISO

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 11:29

Im building an UltraBook for my boss and since there's no DVD Drive I'm using a USB pen drive.

I've made the Windows 7 Pro image bootable on the USB Pen drive using WinToFlash. However when bootinf from the USB and going through the install it complains there are no drivers for my hardware.

I've got all the Acer Aspire S3-951 drivers and put them on the USB pen drive but when I go to select them it says the drivers failed to install. So instead I want to inject these drivers into Windows 7 ISO and make that bootable. I had a program ages ago that did this for you but I can't remember what it was called. It was a third party software. Any help would be greatly appreciated, my boss is on my ass lol

robinbredin · 24 Feb 2012 at 12:30

There is a guide HERE, on how to slipstream sp1 into win 7, or SATA drivers into XP HERE, but that's all I can find. But either way, you will need RT seven lite.

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 13:47

nLite!! That's the one I used to put Sata drivers in my WinXP image for a netbook. Will give it a try for Windows 7

EDIT: Doesn't support Windows 7

marc2003 · 24 Feb 2012 at 14:35

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744355(v=ws.10).aspx

ignore this bit...

navigate to the Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit (Windows OPK) servicing folder

just copy the install.wim from the usb stick to a folder on your hard drive and work on that. when done, copy it back to the usb stick overwriting the old one.

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 15:28

marc2003 said:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744355(v=ws.10).aspx

ignore this bit...

just copy the install.wim from the usb stick to a folder on your hard drive and work on that. when done, copy it back to the usb stick overwriting the old one.

that's too complex, I want something with GUI and does all the work for me... it's Friday

paradisiac · 24 Feb 2012 at 15:41

do you mean like this

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:01

paradisiac said:
do you mean like this

Thanks mate

Downlaoding WAIK for Vista SP1 right now as vLite needs some drivers from that.. fingers crossed

marc2003 · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:09

elrasho said:
that's too complex, I want something with GUI and does all the work for me... it's Friday

ah yes, copying a file, typing out 4 lines into a command prompt window and then copying the file back is a lot of effort. :/

Snograt · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:21

You may want the SP1 update to the AIK as well - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5188

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:29

marc2003 said:
ah yes, copying a file, typing out 4 lines into a command prompt window and then copying the file back is a lot of effort. :/

I don't have a WIM file of the Windows 7 ISO, creating one is a ball ache

paradisiac · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:31

this might be better, just found it

marc2003 · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:36

elrasho said:
I don't have a WIM file of the Windows 7 ISO, creating one is a ball ache

it's in the \sources folder of the ISO.

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:40

marc2003 said:
it's in the \sources folder of the ISO.

installer.wim ?

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:40

paradisiac said:
this might be better, just found it

Yeah tried that kept giving me errors: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object'

marc2003 · 24 Feb 2012 at 16:45

elrasho said:
installer.wim ?

install.wim

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 23:16

managed to use another another ISO of Windows 7 Pro with WinToFlash and nor working

Just installing the drivers now. Shame none of the above programs worked, that R7 Seven tool looks really useful but buggy

marc2003 · 24 Feb 2012 at 23:33

my method works perfectly. i didn't just google it, i've used it before myself. infact i just ran it again to prove it.....

i copied install.wim to the root of my f: drive and i had to manually create a folder called test first...

copy the updated install.wim to your usb key \sources folder replacing the old one, job done.

elrasho · 24 Feb 2012 at 23:49

Yeah Im sure that works, but tbh using a different ISO that magically had all the drivers on was easier

edit: how culd you burn that wim file onto a DVD or use it as a bootable USB?

marc2003 · 25 Feb 2012 at 00:05

as i mentioned in my previous post, for a usb key install just replace the existing x:\sources\install.wim with the updated one created during this process. i don't know what folder structure wintoflash uses because i use the official MS usb tool but i can't imagine it being too hard to find out.

i'm sure you could make a new bootable DVD but optical media is dead to me. i have no use for it.