Specify the location of the device driver. After the 'Update Driver Software' window has appeared, click 'Browse my computer for driver software'. * If the driver has been installed properly will appear in the device manager as shown in Step 7 below. If the message still does not appear, it is possible that something is wrong with the USB terminal on the PC or on the device, or a broken wire in the USB cable. For any questions and IT Support please call us on 01.* If that message does not appear, please check to make sure there are batteries in the connected device or that the device's power is ON. Once the iso is built it should be ready to use with your USB device.Īll being well you should now have a fully working Windows 7 image compatible with Windows 7 installation. Select C:USB3FixWindows7 in the top box and save the. Extract Folder2Iso or IsoCreator (in this instance I used Folder21so) and run the exe. Cut and paste your boot.wim back into C:USB3FixWindows7sourcesĨ. This will take a while and the command prompt may look like it has stopped responding - it hasn't! When the process is complete the command prompt will close itself.ħ. This will inject all the USB 3.0 drivers into your boot.wim. Depending on whether you are using 32bit or 64bit run the appropriate USBDrivers batch file. Your folder contents should now look like this:Ħ. From C:USB3FixWindows7sources cut and paste the boot.wim file into C:USB3Fix Extract the contents of your Window 7 image to C:USB3FixWindows7ĥ.

Extract the contents of ResolveITSolutionsUSB3.zip to C:USB3FixĤ.

Extract your copy of WAIK to a folder of your choice and install. A free copy of Folder2Iso or IsoCreatorĢ.A copy of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).It is presumed that you will be using Windows 7 throughout.

These instructions are only to be followed if you are fairly competent using computers. Even with Windows 8 just around the corner we feel many users will be sticking with their solid editions of Windows 7 for the near future.Ī laptop recently came in for repair where we needed to install Windows 7 through a USB port, unfortunately for us this laptop only had USB 3.0 ports and were not being detected by the Windows 7 installation resulting in the following error.Īfter hours of research I found that I was not alone and could not find a single reliable fix, so I decided I'd better make my own!

Usb ports not working windows 7 64 bit