Installing Win7 ... CD/DVD device driver missing

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I've just built a new system with the Gigabyte A-Z170XP-SLI motherboard but I'm try to install Windows 7 Pro via USB (used Rufus to create the bootable drive) onto a Samsung 850 EVO SSD but I am getting this error:

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I've tried all the tricks that are mentioned on forums and youtube:
Changing USB port from v3 to v2, formatting the drive via diskpart on the recovery section of the installer.
I've downloaded some drivers from Gigabytes website and put to them onto the usb but it's not what the installer is after apparently.


Any ideas? I'm really needing this system to be installed soon so any help is greatly appreciated!!
 
I'm guessing (from similar experience with an MSI PC MATE z170a) that 8 or 10 will install from USB but win 7 doesn't have the usb drivers.
I just installed from a CD/DVD in the end, though msi had a win7 tool to help prep a bootable usb, I never tried it out though...
 
Stupid question, but did you extract the file if you downloaded the intel SATA preinstall driver file before you put it on the drive?

If you didn't, then do so, start up the install and when you get to that message click the browse button, select the driver and the drive should now be visable.

Or you could just run the install off a DVD since you won't get that error since that error only affect installing windows 7 from a USB drive (I think it also affects 8 and 8.1 USB installs as well).
 
Thanks for the replies!

After what Stewski said I thought Gigabyte might have a tool to prep a USB drive too...
They do!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsczv8cIeM

Had to use the tool to upload USB3 drivers onto the bootable USB drive and once they were there the OS installed without a hitch.

Thanks for the help!
 
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