Add the USB 3.0 driver to the Windows 7 installer with the DISM command

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Yes, in the previous article I have detailed instructions with you how to integrate the USB 3.0 driver into the Windows 7 installer extremely quickly with an existing tool.

If you have not read that article, you can check it out here:

Also in this article I will share with you how to integrate more USB 3.0 drivers into the Windows 7 installer with the DISM command in the familiar CMD window. And the way to do it is also very simple that I believe anyone can do.

Okay, let’s get started now.

#first. What needs to be prepared?

1.1. Create a folder named USB3 in the drive partition D, E .. (it’s up to you). Here I will create a directory USB3 in the drive partition E Please.

1.2. Continue, in the directory USB3 You continue to create 2 subfolders named driver and mount. This is very simple, right ?

1.3. Download the original Windows 7 installer, if you have it already, but if not, you can download it here or here!

1.4. Download the corresponding USB 3.0 driver for the machine, if you do not know, you can check the following: Right-click This PC => select Manage => then select Next Drvice Manager as shown below.

Now pay attention to the USB driver. As you can see, the machine I am using Intel USB 3.0 controller.

Now I will go to Google Search to search for Intel’s USB 3.0 driver. Search syntax as shown below => then access the results to download the file.

For other drivers, you do the same.

Some other common USB3.0 controllers are:

• ASMedia
• Etron
• Fresco Logic
• HCSwitch
• Intel
• Renesas
• Texas Instruments
• Via

#2. How to add the USB 3.0 driver to the Windows 7 installer

+ Step 1: After downloading, please unzip the file. Then access the driver folder of the downloaded file (access the 32bit or 64bit version, depending on the Windows 7 version you want to integrate.)

For example, the driver file I just downloaded, I will access the following path:

Intel (R) _USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_Driver_5.0.4.43_v2 DriversWin7x86

Because here I want to integrate USB 3.0 for Windows 7 32bit, so I will open the folder x86.

+ Step 2: Then copy all the files with the extension.inf, .sys, .cat…. generally copy all the files similar to the one above into a folder driver located in the directory USB3 that we created in the preparatory step.

In a driver folder there will be files .cat .inf .sys:

• File .inf The file contains information and commands to be run.
• File .cat The file that contains the certificate.
• File .sys is the driver.

Recommended Reading: How to display file extension on Windows XP / 7/8/10

+ Step 3: Next, you mount the Windows 7 installer to the virtual drive. With Windows 8 or Windows 10, you can right-click the Windows 7 installer => then select Open with => and select Windows Explorer.

See more: How to mount files to virtual drives for all versions of Windows

+ Step 4: You access the directory sources in the virtual drive that you just Mount => then copy the file boot.wim into the USB3 folder you created in the preparation step.

After finishing copying, you will be like this.

+ Step 5: You open a CMD window with Admin privileges so we can start using the command. Enter the following commands in turn and press Enter to perform.

E:
cd USB3
dism / mount-wim /wimfile:boot.wim / index: 2 / mountdir: mount

=> Then you wait for the program to execute Mount file boot.win. Run to 100% and have the success message as shown below OK.

+ Step 6: Continuing, we wish we will execute the command to add the driver to the file boot.win. You use the following command => press Enter:

dism / image: mount / add-driver: “driver” / recurse

=> Wait for the run to finish.

+ Step 7: Now we will execute the command Save and Unmount file. Use the following command:

dism / unmount-wim / mountdir: mount / commit

Please also wait until finished. That’s it then.

+ Step 8: If you want to repack the edited Windows installer file, please follow this tutorial!

# 3. Download the Windows 7 installer that has a built-in USB 3.0 driver

Yes, there is a quicker and faster way for those who do not want to waste time downloading the Windows 7 installer (both 32bit and 64-bit) with built-in USB 3.0 driver.

You can access here to download. I have shared in the previous article (in the section III there)!

# 4. Epilogue

Yes, so I have detailed instructions for you How to add a USB 3.0 driver to the Windows 7 installer by using the DISM command in CMD.

This is a pretty good practice that you can apply. This way I refer to the VNZ, it’s also quite good to play around and share it with you.

Hopefully it will be helpful to you. Good luck !

Kien Nguyen – techtipsnreview