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    Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 10:36am
Originally posted by rick rick wrote:

Hi,
I am have a H170M PRO4S
i5 processor
16GB MEM
Optical drive ( for os installation )
Samsung V-nand ssd 950 pro M.2
MS win 7 home 64b install disk
NO OTHER DRIVES CONNECTED

Read thru all of the posts regarding installing win 7 and I am a bit confused with all the info.

Is it possible to load this OS onto this equipment ?

Thanks for your help

Rick
Originally posted by rick rick wrote:

I have watched that video several times along with 30 different tech experts, and none of my guys can figure it out.

may be I need new guys !

Rick


Maybe you do need new guys, sorry to say.

With their Skylake/100 series chipsets, Intel abandon the use of USB 2.0 drivers. A USB 2.0 driver will NOT be installed on a Skylake/100 series chipset board. Only a Microsoft USB 3.0 driver will be installed for use with ANY of the USB ports, either 2.0 or 3.0. While this is a new twist, and a bit of a pain to deal with, these Skylake/100 series chipsets have been on the market for a year now. So not entirely a new thing.

But that is only one problem you'll have using Window 7, given your list of hardware. I see a Samsung 950 Pro NVMe SSD in the list. That is also a problem with Windows 7, and 8.

The 950 Pro is an NVMe SSD, a new storage protocol, not related to SATA. It is not a SATA drive, and does NOT use SATA drivers.

Windows 7 does NOT have a built in (inbox) NVMe driver. You will not be able to use a 950 Pro as the OS drive without loading an NVMe driver during the Windows installation. The 950 Pro will NOT be recognized by the Windows 7 installation program until you load an NVMe driver.

Windows 10 and 8.1 don't have these problems. Plus you'll need to select the correct entry in the boot order of your USB Windows 7 installation media, the one with the "UEFI:" prefix. Otherwise, the Windows installation will fail when using any NVMe SSD. Unless you see an entry for your optical disk drive with the "UEFI:" prefix. That still won't allow you to skip the USB 3.0 driver fix, and NVMe driver installation during the OS installation.

If your tech experts tell you to ignore all of this, all I can do is wish you patience, and we'll see you back here again.
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Its quite a simple process really, all you need to do is use the tool to slipstream the USB 3.0 drivers onto a USB install medium (or writable disk should you be so inclined). The tool largely takes care of the tricky part. I remember manually slipstreaming drivers on windows NT 3.5 back when I first started building servers and I can tell you that isn't something I would like to have to repeat today LOL

Select option 3 "With a USB drive and any kind of mouse or keyboard." as it will be by far the simplest to do. The tool works much like Microsoft's own USB install media creator tool. Follow the steps in the article and you should be up and running with a slipstreamed Win 7 USB install drive in minutes. I was going to break it down step by step but then realized I couldn't do any better than the provided instructions anyway. Ignore the video, the pictorial and text instructions should be all you need.
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I have watched that video several times along with 30 different tech experts, and none of my guys can figure it out.

may be I need new guys !

Rick
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Sure is possible, but you need to jump through a hoop.

Follow along at this page and it will guide you to a successful Win7 install on the 170 platform:
http://www.asrock.com/microsite/win7install/
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Hi,
I am have a H170M PRO4S
i5 processor
16GB MEM
Optical drive ( for os installation )
Samsung V-nand ssd 950 pro M.2
MS win 7 home 64b install disk
NO OTHER DRIVES CONNECTED

Read thru all of the posts regarding installing win 7 and I am a bit confused with all the info.

Is it possible to load this OS onto this equipment ?

Thanks for your help

Rick
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