Download mobo driver onto usb

One of the reasons I asked the question is that I read a posting on the internet where someone said its always safer to copy the drivers from the USB flash drive to the hard drive first and install them from there. They said that the drivers have to be unzipped and a Dell folder is created on the C: drive for these files. He said this can cause problems and possibly corrupt Windows system files. I didn't know if that was correct or just scaremongering.

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This process wasn't necessary on the 'boot. Each version of Windows can have a specific index number and we will need to locate which one it is in order to issue the command for the version of Windows you plan on installing.

This is specific to the install media you are using because some install media only comes with one version of Windows 7, such as Professional, but some others may have multiple version of Windows 7, such as Home, Ultimate and Professional, just to name a few. You should still be pointed to the correct directory, so now issue the following commands to update the 'install. Wait for the transfer to finish. This is going to take a little bit longer to copy back over to the flash drive because the files going back in are larger than they were before due to the driver files that you've added to it.

Take out the flash drive and pop it into the machine you want to reinstall Windows 7 on. Thank you all for reading through this. These commands can be adapted to suit whichever folder names you want to use. Good luck! I only wish I had found this 3 hours ago It worked exactly as your directions said it would, and Windows 7 is installing now! Question for point 6: In my Windows image, I have unlocked all the versions, so which one should i pick?

It doesn't work for me yet. In my version I have unlocked all of the versions, starter to ultimate. I chose to mount it to proff. Sounds like something didn't go as planned if you did the process I outlined above.

Either that or the driver that you added to the USB drive isn't the right one for that computer. For some reason I'm unable to mount the install. Yes, and the boot. It is recommended you update your Motherboard Drivers regularly in order to avoid conflicts.

You can choose to manually update your motherboard drivers or use a driver update tool for automatic drivers updates. Driver updates will resolve any driver conflict issues with all devices and improve the performance of your PC. Also, I have a Samsung EVO, and apparently the firmware for that is updated via Magician, so should I install magician on there with the rest of the drivers? One last thing is that I am nervous about win10 default video drivers interfering with my discrete GPU drivers.

How do I avoid this? Schweet said:. Thank you for your time! It looks like I am just supposed to choose one? Supposedly Bigfoot is for Killer, which is maybe a little faster but also maybe less stable?

VirtualLarry No Lifer. Aug 25, 52, 7, They are more standard NIC drivers, without the added software layers and complexity. If you're not a heavy gamer, you don't need those things. VirtualLarry said:. You must log in or register to reply here. Post thread. CPUs and Overclocking.

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