Thread: Help! new w7 install on new hd

I've installed win7 to numerous pc's and never been asked for drivers and none were to connected to the net during the install, generally only XP that asks for SATA/SCSCI drivers .

I find it strange because I too have done this previously without it asking for installation drivers. Jim

Can you just skip the driver install and hope for the best? You can always update the drivers post-install

Do you have any exotic hardware installed?

are you using a cd usb drive at all?

Originally Posted by jx2mad

I am trying to install W7 (full version cd) onto a new hard drive. It is now asking for drivers to be installed. What drivers, how do I get them, and how can I install them on a new system that is not connected to the internet, assuming that somehow I can get them from there? Jim

Jim, what exactly are you installing onto? Desktop? Laptop? Tablet?

Make, model and a few more specifics will be helpful. Along with the reason for the install and the methodology, clean install, upgrade, downgrade from W8?

Asa reply I have an old pc which lost its hard drive and I am replacing that. I am trying to install W7 from a genuine installation disc, full version. I can get to the point where it is asking for a driver to install W7, and I can not go any further. There are no drivers on the installation cd. Jim

Originally Posted by Eevo

are you using a cd usb drive at all?

if you are, depending on how old the pc is, make sure the cd drive is plugged intoa usb2 port, not a usb3 port.

having it plugged into usb3 will cause the problem you describe.

Nothing has changed internally except my removing the old hard drive and connecting a new one. I had a computer tech here some weeks ago and he couldnt get a new drive to work. Says that the bios can't find it which is a surprise as the new drive is backward looking. It is a 500M sata drive and I wonder if the tech has stuffed the bios, of which I know nothing. Jim