What GPU are you using? If the screen is black after booting from USB it may be using GOP versus VGA output. Windows 7 does not support GOP. Look in the BIOS CSM menu and see if there is an option to change video from UEFI to Legacy. That could be the issue with nothing displayed on screen.

Side note: When I referred to the drive being GPT or MBR I meant the OS drive not USB. GPT would be UEFI storage and MBR would be Legacy storage in the CSM options menu. Windows 7 can use either one, but the USB installer has to be formatted to match. It is easier and faster to use Diskpart during Windows setup to change the OS drive format between GPT and MBR than it is to create a new USB thumb drive.

Hey guys I got a Dell G7 7590 laptop running windows 10. But im trying to install windows 7 tho I did test @cannonball's usb driver via ntlite but when i got to the starting windows message after windows 7 setup i got BSOD instead. Am im doing something wrong or is this laptop no supported. BTW the motherboard is a intel HM370, intel core i7 9750H, 16 GB Ram, nvidia gtx 1660ti. Anyone can help me I will be so happy thanks.

Thank you Mr.Fox !


Progress but not there yet ...
Made sure Legacy was selected with RUFUS,
Legacy only in the CSM options.
Secure Boot off.
Mouse working.
Can get as far as
Custom Install, then
"Where Do You Want To Install windows ?"
but nothing is showing and yellow error message saying
"No drives found.Click load driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation"
Hit Refresh.
Yellow Error " No drives were found"
Hit Load Driver.
Hit Browse.
Select USB
"No signed device drivers were found.make sure the installation media
contains the correct drivers,and the click OK"
So...despite the 970 EVO SSD being recognized as installed in the BIOS, it
won't show as a location to install Windows to.
And the drivers,it would seem, are not being seen as well.

@PatrickK@aladinsinbad@NewcomerAI
What do you think ?
Can't see anywhere in the forum of getting this far
with the install but not seeing any locations to install
Windows to.

Ahh...so close !

To anyone who could possibly help me with this issue.
Not a programmer or technician so doing the best I can to understand the terminology
and how to apply it to troubleshooting this issue.
Apologize if the answers are obvious somewhere in the 22 page
discussion here, but just can't figure it out.

Could the problem be that I updated the latest BIOS version (ver.1502) before I attempted
the install ?

Zitat von pvmt7 im Beitrag #318

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Thank you Mr.Fox !


Progress but not there yet ...
Made sure Legacy was selected with RUFUS,
Legacy only in the CSM options.
Secure Boot off.
Mouse working.
Can get as far as
Custom Install, then
"Where Do You Want To Install windows ?"
but nothing is showing and yellow error message saying
"No drives found.Click load driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation"
Hit Refresh.
Yellow Error " No drives were found"
Hit Load Driver.
Hit Browse.
Select USB
"No signed device drivers were found.make sure the installation media
contains the correct drivers,and the click OK"
So...despite the 970 EVO SSD being recognized as installed in the BIOS, it
won't show as a location to install Windows to.
And the drivers,it would seem, are not being seen as well.

@PatrickK@aladinsinbad@NewcomerAI
What do you think ?
Can't see anywhere in the forum of getting this far
with the install but not seeing any locations to install
Windows to.

Ahh...so close !

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So, let me get this straight for clarification:

1.) Since June 2019 it is possible to install Windows 7 also on Z390 Boards without any limitations, simply by modding the original Intel USB 3.0 drivers (5.0.4.4.3) ? Can I do this myself? (modding & signing the drivers)

2.) With the modded drivers, the USB 3.0/3.1 Controller of any Z390 Board works flawlessly and natively after installation of Win7? So, my connected USB devices (Keyboard, Mouse, USB storage media, etc.) work natively & full speed without any limitations?

3.) Are these modded drivers compatible with NVMe drives? I could successfully install Win7 on my SSD 970 Evo Plus by integrating the corresponding Samsung NVMe driver into the Win7 installation imge...

4.) Is it possible to integrate the modded drivers into an original Win7 installation image? (I have a Win7 installation DVD)

I ask this, because it looks like I'll have to replace my current Z370 board and after reading these fortunate news, I want to go straight for an Z390 board - I'm intending to purchase an ASUS Maximus Z390 motherboard within the next days and I need to know beforehand if this method is compatible with ASUS Z390 boards...

Thanks for clarification,

AZ

@pvmt7 I don't exactly know what you did do on your ISO that you use. Did you integrate the two official Microsoft NVMe-Updates? They are required of course to make the Windows 7 installer and Windows 7 to recognize an NVMe-SSD. Or you use original Samsung drivers for your SSD.
Or just use on of my ISOs, avaiable on my FTP-Link. I tested my ISOs on:
5-9600k
RAM: CMK16GX4M2B3000C15
ASRock Z390M Pro4
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB
Greetings Patrick

@AbsoluteZero USB and NVMe drivers are two separate things. I can't remember to have an issue with the unifficial USB drivers for Z390 and others. You can use my mobile slipstreaming script to create an ISO on yourself or just use one of my available ISOs.

First off, Thanks for responding!

Zitat von PatrickK im Beitrag #323

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@AbsoluteZero USB and NVMe drivers are two separate things.

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Zitat von PatrickK im Beitrag #323

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I can't remember to have an issue with the unofficial USB drivers for Z390 and others. You can use my mobile slipstreaming script to create an ISO on yourself or just use one of my available ISOs.

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Thanks very much @PatrickK for getting back to me.
Potentially embarrassing lack of knowledge ahead...

So, I've been trying to install the ISO from post #206,page 14,
Windows 7-64BIT with USB 3.X integrated drivers.
It would appear the 2 official Microsoft NVMe updates are not integrated
into this ISO.
Does your ISO have the USB 3 integrated drivers AND the official NVMe updates ?
Thinking it does or you wouldn't have suggested it :+)
but I could be wrong.
If that is the case, where can I download your ISO ?
Sounds like that will be the direct route to a solution for me.
And if not, is integrating the NVMe updates to the ISO from post #206
possible ?
I will not give up !!

Thanks again.

BTW Mr.Fox
I did try setting BIOS to RAID
and didn't change anything.
But thank you for the suggestion.
I'm trying everything I can !

@AbsoluteZero Good that you know that.
'Mobile' means that my files can be downloaded, extracted, an ISO needs to be copied and that's it, no installation required, it can just be copied or downloaded in Windows and it's ready to run. I use the three command line tools dism.exe, oscdimg.exe and wimlib-imagex.exe. DISM.exe and oscdimg.exe are from Microsoft and wimlib is open source. For the signing-question I use the option /forceunsigned, as you can see in my batch file and that's it, never had problems with that.
Greetings Patrick

@pvmt7 Cool that you don't want to give up.
The reason why I even startet my Windows 7 Service Pack 2-ISOs is to create ISOs for Windows 7 to install it with some updates, drivers and some mods alread built-in to make our usability of Windows 7 easier or to make it even possible on younger hardware. My ISOs do have some useful updates in them, drivers for LAN, WLAN and USB of course, and the two official NVMe-Updates for native NVMe-Support, even though these two updates don't make SMART to work, but that's where official NVMe drivers come in, at least on my experience with one of Samsung's 970 Evo Plus 500GB NVMe-SSD.
Everyone can download my scripts and the drivers, updates and other files that I use to create these ISOs and be aware of everything that I did and do, open source in that regard.
Here my latest post in a forum to my SP2.10-ISOs in german:
https://www.win-unattended.de/viewtopic....68ee0288961809f
Greetings Patrick

Zitat von PatrickK im Beitrag #327

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@AbsoluteZero Good that you know that.
'Mobile' means that my files can be downloaded, extracted, an ISO needs to be copied and that's it, no installation required, it can just be copied or downloaded in Windows and it's ready to run. I use the three command line tools dism.exe, oscdimg.exe and wimlib-imagex.exe. DISM.exe and oscdimg.exe are from Microsoft and wimlib is open source. For the signing-question I use the option /forceunsigned, as you can see in my batch file and that's it, never had problems with that.
Greetings Patrick

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SUCCESS !!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU@PatrickK !
I don't have any hair to pull out so things were about to get ugly
around here.
Used your W7 Pro 64 bit ISO from June 2020 and no problems !
This is going to be a stand alone audio rig so no internet
or possible complications because of that.
Just hooked up my WD 4Tb HD but not being seen yet.
But that should be relatively painless to figure out the correct drive socket
etc. compared to the W7 install:+)

Thanks again !