Fresh Windows 10 Install without ODD
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Topic: Fresh Windows 10 Install without ODD
Posted By: rkott
Subject: Fresh Windows 10 Install without ODD
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2016 at 5:22am
| I have a mobo that can use the Win 7 USB patcher, however will that work with the Win10 ISO. Or do I have to go about doing something else. |
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Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2016 at 10:26am
You do not need to do anything if you are installing Windows 10. Nothing needs to be fixed to install Windows 10 from any source/media. You can use a USB keyboard without any problem. No need to use the Windows 7 Patcher with Windows 10. I've installed Windows 10 from an ISO download on a USB flash drive many times on my Z170 board. It works fine. Frankly, I only use an ISO download on a USB flash drive to install Windows of any version. That is also true for Windows 8 and 8.1. ONLY when installing Windows 7 in certain situations does the Windows 7 USB Patcher need to be used. This is described on this ASRock page: http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Win7Install/index.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Win7Install/index.html The reason Windows 7 may need to be patched is simple, but not well understood. It is also an unusual situation. The Intel 100 series chipset boards, and the Intel J3000/N3000 SoC processor boards, will ONLY use a USB 3.0 driver for ALL of the USB ports. That means a USB 3.0 driver is used with the USB 2.0 ports. That works fine for the USB 2.0 ports, but not with Windows 7. Why? Windows 7 does not have a built in USB 3.0 driver. Windows has all kinds of drivers included with it, to allow all kinds of different hardware to work without installing their drivers manually. I was surprised to see some of the drivers Windows has in it, from very sophisticated, expensive hardware PC users will never own, to super old, obsolete chipsets. But Windows 7 does not have a USB 3.0 driver. So what happens when you install Windows 7 on one of those systems listed above? None of the USB ports will work. Not during the Win 7 installation. Windows update will install a USB 3.0 driver at some point after the installation, but that does not help during the installation. If you can't use a USB port for a keyboard, mouse, etc, you have a problem if you don't have a PS2 keyboard and mouse. ASRock has a setting in those board's UEFIs that allows a USB port to work with a USB keyboard and mouse during a Win 7 installation, IF you know enough to use it. But that does not fix using a USB flash drive for a Win 7 installation. That's where the patcher is needed. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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