[Guide] Integration of drivers into a Win7-11 Image

[tutafourabit]

Hi @Fernando ,

I’ve had a read through your instructions after your diverting of my previous query on integration of drivers to this page. It’s really good - thanks.

The only question I have is how I integrate the hotfixes (x64) as they are .msu files. I obtained these from post #2 of the Recommended AHCI/RAID and NVMe Drivers as instructed by you. I am intending to integrate these to a x64 version of Windows 7.

@Fernando

@tutafourabit: Since Win7 doesn’t have any NVMe driver in-the-box, you have to integrate the related MS NVMe Hotfixes (see post #2) into the boot.wim and install.wim of the Win7 ISO file. Once the OS is installed and running fine, you can switch to another NVMe driver. Its choice depends on the NVMe SSD manufacturer.
The USB problem is caused by the fact, that there are no Intel USB 3.0/3.1 drivers, which do support Windows 7 and the newest Intel USB 3.0/3.1 Controllers simultaneously. Nevertheless you will find a solution within >this< thread.

Please advise if I understand your instructions correctly:
1) I first have to integrate the hotfixes into both boot.wim and install.wim in the iso using NTLite. This will enable an initial install of Windows 7 onto my Surface Pro 7
2) Once the OS is installed I can then integrate the chosen drivers (in my case the OCZ/Toshiba drivers as my SSD in my Surface Pro 7 is a Toshiba BG4). I’m assuming that I’ll have to reinstall the OS again with the Toshiba drivers over the initial OS install? If so, can I not just do one install with the Toshiba drivers? - what will the hotfixes enable me to do?
3) The USB issue is resolved in another post (I haven’t yet got to that step yet).

Am I understanding this correctly? If so, then I’m stuck at the first step in getting the x64 hotfixes integrated.

P.S. I have tried integrating the Toshiba’s ‘ocznmve’ drivers (from step 2) and I see them in the driver queue, but when I try the hotfixes (from step 1) the queue is blank (empty).

Thanks again.