Hello, I downloaded the Windows 7 RC yesterday afternoon, I am currently on Vista and I have no issues with my drivers, my device manager is perfectly normal. I burned the ISO I downloaded, booted from it on my PC, followed the prompts and then encountered the following error message: "A CD/DVD drive driver is missing. If you have a floppy disk, XD, DVD, or Flash USB drive containing the driver, please insert it now. The problem is that I don’t understand why it can’t find this driver, here is an image when I check the details of my CD/DVD drive: https://www.casimages.com/i/090506011436169424.jpg.html I really don’t understand this error because the drive works perfectly, as the installation of Windows uses this same drive. Thank you for your attention =D.Configuration: Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0

Windows 7 Installation, Missing CD/DVD Driver : CCM

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Nyro Xeo Posted messages 6 Status Member 46

Hello,

I had the same problem, but I managed to solve it. The solution is below.

I have a newly acquired SSD (OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 2.5'' SSD), and I'm installing Windows 7 from a USB drive. During the installation, I got this message:

“No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers and then click OK.”

My installation is in English. I initially thought it might be related to the Windows 7 installation, so I downloaded another version (in French). However, that wasn't it, as I then received the same error message in French:

“A CD/DVD driver is missing. If you have a floppy disk, XD, DVD, or USB flash drive containing the driver, insert it now.”

I then tried to install Windows 7 from a DVD drive, but that didn’t help either. I tried copying the RAID drivers from my motherboard onto a second USB drive, but the Windows installation did not detect this second USB drive. I tried switching to IDE mode instead of AHCI. Nothing worked. I attempted several DISKPART commands, but it didn't change anything.

The solution that worked:

Finally, I simply combined two solutions (I don't know which one was crucial): I removed the USB drive containing the Windows 7 installation from its USB 3.0 port and plugged it into a USB 2.0 port. Then, I disconnected the SSD from the SATA III port and connected it to a SATA II port during the installation. It worked; I was able to install Windows 7, and once it was done, I reconnected the SSD to SATA III.

Given how much I struggled, I’m posting my solution here, and maybe it will help others.

See you!

wbt

Hello,

that's right! After two hours of searching for a solution on various forums, I saw your message and bingo! I plugged the bootable USB drive into a USB 2 port and it worked!!

Thanks for the information.

dervitch Posted messages 16 Status Member 1

slt everyone I'm in the same situation for me it's a LENOVO LAPTOP with a DVD drive I do like to solve my problem

Answer 2 / 85

Evnimaster

Hi everyone,

I had the same problem with the installation of Windows 7 RC regarding the drivers... after checking the details of the ISO, I discovered that the download was corrupted from the start... as usual, Microsoft servers...

I can't find a valid checksum provided by Microsoft to verify this file, but still, a new download is in progress, and I will keep you updated on the results... if this can help you solve the problem...

P.S. I'm a fan of ellipses ( ... ) lol

peushar

Hello everyone,

I'm having the same issue; I inserted the CD-ROM containing the drivers when it asked for it, I tested all the directories, but to no avail, it still refuses...

My ISO doesn’t seem to be corrupted; at least the checksum is good (let's just say K3B validated it when I burned it...).

Anyway, if anyone has a solution, I'm all ears :-) and I know I won’t be the only one :)

Thanks in advance.

Evnimaster Posted messages 6 Status Member

Hello everyone,

Well... here I am, re-posting to confirm my initial "vision"... I had doubts about the ISO, so I downloaded it again, and it works perfectly, like a charm!

As I suspected, the Microsoft servers, which were probably handling thousands of simultaneous downloads, had crashed; it’s hard to notice, but there were missing files in the ISO file, which is why we experienced those kinds of problems...

That said, if you encounter this issue, just download it again!

PS. The installation of Seven supports upgrading from Vista! I haven't tried it personally, but the option was enabled... if someone could test it for us...

See you soon!

didoustyle Posted messages 174 Status Member 31

Thank you, you were right, I was able to re-download and thus install it;
Everything works now.

nannoue > didoustyle Posted messages 174 Status Member

Hello, I manage to install everything but at the end it asks for a user password and it doesn't work anymore because the password I enter isn't accepted.

un geek anonyme

it's in test

:/ doesn't work

Answer 3 / 85

Meow

If you are using a RAID array, I most likely have the solution. Feel free to jump straight to the last paragraphs if you are in a hurry. My example concerns Vista but likely also applies to Seven.

I had the same situation with Vista (Home Premium, x86) while trying to install it on a RAID0 array on an Asus P5N7-VA (nForce 730i). I had set my SATA controller to RAID in the BIOS.

My hard drives AND my DVD burner (my only optical drive) were connected via SATA.

I was able to create my RAID array from the BIOS and proceed with the Windows installation... until the end of the loading where I was prompted to load the missing CD/DVD drive driver.

I then tried with another version (Ultimate x64) and got the same message.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I tried setting my controller back to SATA (I think AHCI would have yielded the same result): I could then install Vista without the missing driver, but I lost my RAID array.

The message clearly came from the SATA controller; it seems that the absence of the RAID drivers (which must be provided by the user on motherboards based on nVidia chipsets) also affects SATA devices that are not part of the array (like the burner in this case) when RAID is enabled.

To load them, the easiest solution would have been to use the utility on the Asus CD that allows you to automatically create a (antique) driver floppy disk... but who uses that kind of device nowadays? The program does not seem to detect USB keys although the manual states it does. Similarly, since the burner drivers were not present on my PC during the setup, I could not use the CD directly (even though it could read the Vista DVD... which is as frustrating as it is illogical) because it did not appear in the explorer list (only the RAID array and a floppy drive - which I didn't have anyway - were present)

Solution:

I therefore used my other PC to browse the contents of the motherboard CD and find the RAID drivers suitable for Vista x86, I transferred them to an external USB hard drive (a USB stick would have worked just as well) which I connected to the PC I was building at the time when Vista displayed the error message, and I selected the appropriate driver. Everything worked once the driver was loaded.

In conclusion, although the message concerned the optical drive, the problem actually stemmed more from the way the hard disks were being installed / the operating mode of the controller. The fact that they share the same controller means that without the RAID drivers, neither functions properly.

I did not have this problem with the other two RAID PCs I recently built, probably because they were based on Intel chipsets, which typically do not require external drivers.

I suppose this solution will only help the (rare) nForce RAID users. That said, SATA / AHCI drivers were also present on the motherboard CD, so I think that those who do not use the same configuration as I do and face this problem would still benefit from checking the drivers provided by their manufacturer (even though technically optical drives do not need them).

slash76

Hello

I have the same problem you had when installing Windows 7 with the CD drive drivers.
I have a RAID 0 setup, and the HDDs and the drive are SATA.

I found the necessary drivers on the motherboard's website and also on the motherboard's CD, so I copied them onto an external drive that I plug in during installation.
I can browse my external drive, I can see the folders but no files.
Windows detects some drivers (by selecting only the correct parent folder of the file) but apparently, they are not the right ones (those from the CD).
The drivers downloaded from the manufacturer's website are in .exe format and Windows does not detect them.

I think you found the right solution, but I can't apply it.
Could you please give me some advice and tell me how your drivers were detected?
Thanks in advance
Slash

Rallymen007 Posted messages 665 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 121 > slash76

Hi,

Try to start the driver installation from another PC and retrieve the *.cat, *.ini, and all related *.dll and *.exe files. They should all be in the same temporary folder. For Dell drivers, they are all in "C:\dell\drivers" and its subfolders. For others, try looking in the temporary folder ("%temp%" in run) and in the subfolders during installation. If it fails, for example, by trying it on a PC that doesn't have the right hardware, don't exit the program and look in the temporary folder.

Alternatively, try to locate the "C:\Windows\System32" folder on your PC where you are trying to update, and have Windows search there. There are also subfolders like "drivers" and "DriverStore".

[b]IMPORTANT: take the Windows Vista or Seven version, not XP, of your drivers.[/b]

Hoping to have helped you,

Rallymen007
--
"I want a computer to play games, so I go to the Apple Store", (c) Technology Impaired Duck, 4Chan :D

Method787

Hey thanks dude, your solution worked like a charm for me. See you!

Mickaël

I can't do it, could you explain it to me again? It's the same problem for me.
Thank you very much.

Anonymous user

Hi,

Thanks to Meow, his technique worked for me.

My setup includes an ASUS M4A89 motherboard and a Phenom X6. I configured 3 SATA drives in RAID 5. I had the same issue.

I went to get the drivers from the motherboard DVD (with another PC). The directory is: RAID\AMD\Driver\Disk\RAID\Win7\x64 or RAID\AMD\Driver\Disk\AHCI\Win7\x64 (I can't remember which one :-( ). I copied them to a USB stick and provided them to the Windows installation, which restarted immediately.

That said, it's a bit unfortunate that we have to go through this kind of hassle!

Good luck.

JM Hébert

Answer 4 / 85

Oberon

I had the same problem on an Asus A4GP32 laptop, "missing a driver...".
Yet the DVD works fine on 2 other PCs and the checksum is good.

In fact, the solution is to press F8 when booting from the DVD and select "Disable digital driver signing..." and then it works by itself.

malint93

Is it also good if it says "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"?
Thank you in advance..

Splitlog

"Disabling Driver Signature Enforcement" does not work for me.

lelenaic

Thank you, it's working great for me now!!!

KOKO

Hello

What you said doesn't work for me, thanks anyway.

abrabenben

F8 during boot on the DVD works great. Thank you very much.

Answer 5 / 85

Zen

Note for those who want to install Windows 7 on a Skylake architecture (Z170 chipset released on August 5, 2015, 6th generation, like the i7-6700K).

>> You CANNOT install Win7 VIA A USB PORT, because Intel has removed the EHCI mode to use an xHCI controller instead.
And Win7 only supports EHCI.

So you will get this error message regarding the driver not found.

The only option: burn a DVD, or put the ISO on a SATA hard drive (connected to a USB3 dock mounted on another valid PC) and mount this SATA hard drive in your Skylake architecture, in addition to the drive that will receive Windows 7.

That's what I'm about to do.

NOTE: Windows does not allow DirectX12 to function. The integrated graphics chip on Skylake processors (LGA (Land Grid Array) 1151) cannot be used.

But those who have a "dedicated" graphics card apart from this IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) are not affected.

Vins

I have this issue, but my chipset is the H110M and I have the same driver not found problem as you.

Answer 6 / 85

Ghis

Hello,

I have a retail version of Windows Seven Pro, so the solution to redownload doesn't apply...

However, the solution that works is, when Seven asks you for the CD/DVD driver, turn off the PC, unplug your DVD drive, set it to slave using the jumper.

Restart and everything works, kudos to whoever found this solution, it works...

However, I find it outrageous that Microsoft falls into this kind of negligence; it's a shame in our time to have to use "jumpers" that have disappeared since SATA, to install this new OS...

++

Rhty

Except that when you have a laptop, you don't unplug your drive...

Answer 7 / 85

selmag

Hello, I had exactly the same ISSUE with my Sony VAIO VGN-FW41E.
I tried multiple downloads of SATA drivers etc. compatible with Win 7; No Results..
So as a last resort, I created a Win 7 bootable USB stick..

1: Take a Win7 ISO

2: Download the "Windows7-USB-DVD-tool" software
link:
https://www.commentcamarche.net/informatique/windows/187-creer-une-cle-usb-bootable-de-windows-10/

3: Follow the method from the site above. Once the stick is made, enter BIOS-BOOT (external device boot), set [Enabled], then EXIT save changes-[YES]

4: Exit Setup.. and your machine will restart with the stick..

PS: WARNING with the Win 7 versions obtained for Vista updates, it won't work; you need an original version or (Pira....oops) of the original..

GOOD LUCK

Rhty

Thank you for teaching us how to install Windows...
But the reason we're here is precisely because the installation is failing.

Answer 8 / 85

Anonymous user

I had the same missing driver issue when my Windows 7 installation USB was plugged into a USB3 port (blue socket), but this driver request no longer appeared when I plugged the USB stick into the USB2 port.

Tomlalz Posted messages 104 Status Member 7

Thank you!

Answer 9 / 85

lulo

Thanks to this forum, I found the solution:
I had the same problem during my Windows 7 installation with a missing CD driver. I tried the F8 solution, but it did nothing, I put the driver CD for my motherboard but still Windows couldn't find an appropriate driver, and I couldn't set the jumper on my DVD drive to master or slave because it's a SATA drive without a jumper. I looked for a driver for the drive on the manufacturer's website, but there isn't one.
I didn't believe it was a bad burn, yet several clues should have pointed me in that direction; usually when I put a CD in, it makes a hell of a noise (motor + fan) and this time nothing, as if the drive was running slowly, and the beginning of the installation of Seven was very, very long. During the image burn, I noticed the buffer memory went to zero several times. Since I had no other solution, I reburned the image, set the buffer memory to maximum, reduced the burn speed to 8X, and reburned two DVDs with two different software.
I tried the installation again, and there it was, a new screen that I had never seen appeared, and my drive made the usual noise, and finally the installation went smoothly all the way through.

nul

yes good solution re-record x8

sachin72 Posted messages 5 Status Member 10

Indeed, I just re-burned my DVD with ImgBurn at 3x and now it works!
Thank you.

Answer 10 / 85

vascogama

The solution for DVDs that are no longer readable with Windows 7?
This is not a question but a help for many people stuck with Windows 7, DVD, DVDR, CD-ROM, not recognized by Windows 7,
Click on [Start] [Run] and enter [regedit], then click OK. Be cautious with regedit

For Windows Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 7:
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl… and delete all rules with 'filter' in the right-hand side of the screen by selecting them and clicking on [delete]. For example: if you have a lower filter, it needs to be deleted, as well as the upper filter. Restart and everything will work; DVDs are recognized again. I hope I've been helpful.

Now restart the computer. Windows will reinstall the device drivers.
Keep in mind that some programs may need to be reinstalled before they recognize the drive again.
It has been 16 hours - There are 3 days left to respond.
Additional details
Received from a technician at Samsung,

Answer 11 / 85

alex37230

So for me, problem solved, I had burned the ISO CD using a MAC burner, and it didn’t work (missing DVD/CD drive driver), I just burned it again with the CD drive of the PC in question and there, miracle, it works! (I still ended up ruining 3 DVDs in the process).

Answer 12 / 85

gghenri4 Posted messages 121 Status Member 98

I will try to respond simply once and for all:
1) The installation problem mentioned from the beginning of this post has nothing to do with the so-called lack of the CD/DVD drive driver, even though that is the message that actually appears first and holds up the rest of the installation. So there's no need to look for a driver to install; you're wasting your time.
2) This anomaly occurs particularly when trying to install a new system (Windows 7) in place of an old one (Windows XP) without first deleting XP and formatting the home partition.
3) The solution is very simple: you need to delete XP by formatting the system partition before starting the installation of the new system, and everything will go smoothly without error messages.

Answer 13 / 85

swa870

I had the same problem, it was my Windows 7 DVD that was poorly burned. Use this software http://www.astroburn.com/downloads/abLite it works really well.

gghenri4 Posted messages 121 Status Member 98

The main lesson from all these feedbacks is that the error message displayed (CD/DVD drive driver missing) is never the real reason for the installation failure, and this is not where the problem should be sought.
Among the main true causes of failure, let's take again the last 3 indicated above (but there are other possible causes):
=> poorly burned installation disk or obtained from a corrupted source
=> CD/DVD drive too old
=> the host partition for the new system is not perfectly empty (has not been formatted)

Answer 14 / 85

microsillon78 Posted messages 2 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 2

At my place, it was indeed a driver issue, on an old ASUS P4P800E-Deluxe motherboard. I took a SATA driver here http://filebg.com/W7/RAID.zip and it worked (even though I had the same error message regarding the missing CD/DVD driver and that the Windows installation was done from a USB stick).
In short, I'm really glad I finally managed to get it after almost 2 days of struggling and searching for information on Google.

Answer 15 / 85

reivilos

1 confirmation that the problem also came from my USB3 port... With USB2 it works perfectly ;)

depassage

Same change of USB port and it works perfectly
Works only on USB2
USB3 and USB1 the problem comes back

Jmi53

Or disable USB 3 in the BIOS.

Answer 16 / 85

Lio

I confirm that it is indeed a DVD burning issue: the first time I burned it on an Imation DVD+R 8x and I got that message... I changed the burner and the DVD and it went smoothly.

Peavey

Yes, indeed, I started engraving again and it is working now!

dark

Yes, me too, thanks a lot! I just burned the DVD at x8 speed and everything works.

Answer 17 / 85

Sensei

Have you thought about the AHCI SATA controller? During my installation, it asked for the driver, I just inserted the motherboard CD and it found it by itself like a big boy ;)
Then if AHCI is not enabled in your BIOS, it remains a problem of either burning or compatibility

AHCI in the SATA configuration is quite useful if you want to enable eSATA =)

Answer 18 / 85

vasco

The solution for DVDs that are no longer readable with Windows 7?
This is not a question but a help for many people stuck with Windows 7, DVD, DVDR, CD-ROM, not recognized by Windows 7,
Click on [Start] [Run] and enter [regedit], then click OK. Be careful with the regedit

For Windows Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 7:
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl... and remove all the rules with `filter` on the right side
of the screen by selecting them and clicking on [delete]. For example, if you have a lower filter it needs to be deleted, as well as the upper filter, restart and everything works, the DVDs are recognized again, I hope I have been helpful

Now restart the computer. Windows will reinstall the device drivers.
Keep in mind that eventually, some programs may need to be reinstalled before they recognize the drive again.

Answer 19 / 85

aqwzsx256

Same problem.

My installation is done via USB key, so no burning issue.
And the installation requests a CD drive driver, even though my computer does NOT have a CD drive...

I solved the problem by changing the USB port (3.0 -> 2.0) and it works... What a pain Windows can be...

Mopum'z

Your concluding sentence really made me laugh!

Answer 20 / 85

elmerelmer Posted messages 57 Status Member 1

Hello,

On my side, I have exactly the same problem as all of you; I am getting the same error message regarding the CD/DVD burner driver. I tried unplugging the burner and I also tried connecting it to a USB 2.0 port, but neither of these two solutions worked. Do you have any other ideas for solutions?

elmerelmer Posted messages 57 Status Member 1

up

gghenri4

start over several times without removing the disc
sometimes it works the second time

elmerelmer Posted messages 57 Status Member 1

Thank you, but if you look at the subject, originally the guy said he was installing it with a bootable USB drive and not with an installation CD. I can't remove the disk since there isn't one.
Sometimes it doesn't work even after 10 or 20 tries.

gghenri4

Yes, okay, my remark is misplaced. In any case, having installed Windows 7 (like Windows 8, by the way) on a good dozen PCs of friends who asked me to help them, I can provide the following feedback:
=> on unbranded PCs, built from separately purchased components, I have never encountered this error
=> on Sony Packard Bell and HP PCs, I sometimes received this error message the first time, but I always managed to complete the installation either by trying multiple times or by changing the installation source.
And what I'm certain of is that the first error message that appears (missing CD/DVD driver) is not the real reason for the failure, and it is pointless to search in that direction.

elmerelmer Posted messages 57 Status Member 1

Okay, thank you for your opinion.

Windows 7 Installation, Missing CD/DVD Driver

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