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#1 | Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 1:33 am

Hello !
I try for days and days to find a way to install Windows 7 on my Kingston KC1000 NVMe drive.
Recently i installed windows 10 on it and i booted it through the clover boot loader.
As you know windows 7 installation can't recognize NVMe drives.
Is there any working driver for the Kingston KC1000 NVMe ?

My motherboard is Asus P8H61-M LE R2.0
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H61M_LE_R20/

Thanks in advance !

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#2 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:45 am (Last edited: Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:46 am)

The only possible way I see this working is with modified windows installer (because you need a generic Microsoft NVMe driver for this to work, and I doubt a modified Win 8.x Kingston driver will work on Win 7).
You can try using this program to update Win 7 image file (bit of warning : it works only on non-modified Win 7 x64 ISOs) : LINK
Check "Integrate updated installer" option.

However it will take A LOT of time to update all things using it (SSDs for OS and source/destination files are highly recommended).

Here's a thread on Polish forum about this program : LINK

Good luck.

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#3 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:29 am

Thanks for this, i will give it a try.
I tried so far to rebuilt w7 iso with the nvme hotfix but didn't help (as i expected), now i will take a look at your links.

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#4 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:55 am

@nickxab:
Welcome to the Win-RAID Forum!

Your specific pre-conditions for the usage of a Kingston KC1000 NVMe SSD as Win7 system drive are rather bad, because
a) your H61 chipset mainboard natively doesn't support booting off an NVMe SSD,
b) Win7 has no generic in-box NVMe driver (contrary to Win10) and
c) the SSD manufacturer Kingston doesn't offer any specific NVMe driver for their NVMe SSDs.

That is why I recommend to use Win10 as Operating System.

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#5 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:23 pm (Last edited: Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:00 pm)

@agentx007:
Ok so i tried the program many times, it successfully finished but there isn't any created iso at the end....

I tried both ISO and folder ways....

@Fernando:
I fixed the boot problem using Clover, i installed Win 10 on it but there is a huge problem....my tools are not working, i have problem with AVR, usb 2 ttl converters and all these things...even my bluetooth doesn't work...win10 are literally useless for me....
So as i can understand i paid 170Euros for nothing .....
Btw i installed again Win7 on my velociraptor disk and from there i installed the KB2990941-v3-x64 hotfix, the disk works perfectly.

Any way to use these drivers ?

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#6 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:42 pm

Folder option is for source file, it needs a location of unpacked installer folders (think a Virtual DVD drive with loaded ISO file).
ISO is for using ISO directly.
Q : Did you unmount source ISO file before using this program (it needs access to file, and if it's used in another program it may create problems) ?

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#7 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:45 pm (Last edited: Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:55 pm)

Zitat von agentx007 im Beitrag #6
Folder option is for source file, it needs a location of unpacked installer folders (think a Virtual DVD drive with loaded ISO file).
ISO is for using ISO directly.
Q : Did you unmount source ISO file before using this program (it needs access to file, and if it's used in another program it may create problems) ?

Yes i did. :)
According to the program it finish successfully but there isn't any iso created at the output destination. :(
I can't understand what's going on :/

Edit: on his thread there is a torrent with untouched w7 iso, i download this and i will give it a try again. Let's see. :)

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#8 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:33 am

Ok so i have the same problem even with the recommended iso....i don't understand why...

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#9 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:59 pm (Last edited: Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:59 pm)

Zitat von nickxab im Beitrag #8
Ok so i have the same problem even with the recommended iso....i don't understand why...

Have you tried changing destination to partition on another hard drive ?

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#10 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:56 pm

Yes, sadly i have the same problem.

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#11 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:30 pm

Untick "download missing updates".

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#12 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:55 pm

Zitat von agentx007 im Beitrag #11
Untick "download missing updates".

I did it as well....i let it build also only with the drivers but nothing happened....i will try in another pc and i will tell you. :)

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#13 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:24 pm

please let us know how you you made out. i too am attempting to create a bootable nvme aware win 7 installer.

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#14 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:14 pm (Last edited: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:58 pm)

Zitat von m0reilly im Beitrag #13
please let us know how you you made out. i too am attempting to create a bootable nvme aware win 7 installer.

Lol, MO, creating Windows 7 installer in the year 2017??? Windows 7 doesn't work any more, all the hardware and developers is moving on to more modern operating systems. I would rather run Windows 10 modified by me or KDE neon with Xanmod kernel and the latest mesa/vulkan drivers which is the fastest most pleasurable OS I have ever experienced.

I hope you guys figure it out, but when something expires it usually means it has gone rancid ;) ... j/k

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#15 | RE: Installing windows 7 on Kingston KC1000 NVMe datum

Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:56 pm

Kinda silly question at this point, but... have you tried "run as Admin" ?

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