I had thought I had seen Win7 drivers available on ASRock's website when I was comparing motherboards back in the spring, but I either misread or they were removed by the time I finally got around to assembling. This is particularly an issue for USB, as it becomes difficult to complete installation without a mouse or keyboard (not recognized through USB 2 ports either). Second, the motherboard doesn't have Win7 drivers. My next plan was to install the OS onto the HDD (which was intended for storage later), install the NVMe drivers, and then migrate it to the SSD via Samsung's utility not my favorite option (since I have a habit of giving clean OS install every year to wipe away the detritus that has built up), but it seemed the path of least resistance. I tried the method from Intel for injecting the drivers into the installation ISO, but no luck there (the initial step of copying over the files to the SSD would work, but it couldn't boot to that disk for the rest of the installation process). You will immediately notice some issues, probably quicker than I did.įirst, Win7 doesn't come with NVMe drivers. (I am assuming the case, optical drives, display, peripherals, etc. It's been seven years since I built my last PC, so I finally got around to making a replacement from scratch with the following components: Details to follow, but the shortest version of this question first: Is there a way to install Windows 7 on a rig with a Z370 motherboard given the USB driver issue? Apologies in advance for resurrecting this dead horse for further flagellation.
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