

Save the changes in the image and unmount the boot.wim file (to avoid DISM errors, make sure that you closed all File Explorer windows and the file managers, which has the c:\tmp\mount directory open):ĭism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\tmp\mount /commit The following message indicates that the specified USB3 driver was successfully added to the boot.wim image of the Windows 7 Setup environment: Installing 1 of 6 - c:\tmp\usb3\Drivers\HCSwitch\圆4\iusb3hcs.inf: The driver package was successfully installed. The /recurse option will force DISM to scan all subdirectories in the specified folder and add all drivers from found inf files.

Create a new directory c:\tmp, and create two subfolders inside it: mount and USB3. In this article, we will show you how to manually integrate USB drivers into the Windows 7 installation image without using third-party utilities.įirst of all, find and download USB 3.0 drivers for your chipset from the vendor’s website (in our example, it is Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family). Examples: ASRock (Win 7 USB Patcher), MSI (MSI Smart Tool), Intel (Windows USB Installation Tool for Windows 7), Gigabyte (Windows USB Installation Tool), etc.

Some motherboard vendors released special tools to integrate their USB drivers into your Windows 7 install image.
