The required driver for the drive was not found. Where can I find the driver for the drive? Installing the Drive

Sometimes it happens that when you try to install the seventh version of the Windows operating system (and only this version) at a certain stage, instead of starting the installation, the system displays a message stating that it can not find the driver for the optical disc drive. Windows 7 in this respect is a pretty capricious OS. But what is most sad - the installation can be done with a conventional flash drive, and the optical drive - there is no at all! Where is the logic? This question requires a deeper and more thorough study, so let's consider what can be done if the necessary driver for the optical disk drive is not found (Win 7 is taken as a basis).

Previously, everything on Vista was lamenting: the system looks absolutely raw and unfinished, but then, as it turned out, the turn came and the "seven", also not insured against various kinds of defects, which, unfortunately, many users, are still at the stage Installation. There are not many solutions to this problem, but some of them allow to correct the situation. And first, we'll figure out why such an error appears, and only then will we make a decision about how to deal with it.

The essence of the error "The required driver for the optical drive was not found" (Win 7)

Actually, it's not even an installation distribution, although it sometimes plays an important role. Here, the so-called preinstallation environment Windows PE (Pre-installation Environment) is responsible for everything, which is responsible for the start of the installation and is built into the kernel of the system.

And the appearance of a notification that the necessary driver for the drive is not found, just shows that there are problems with it. As a rule, it simply can not recognize the USB-drive, considering it an optical disk (although the drive is absent). But sometimes this really can relate to optical drives (it will be further understood why). And not always this situation can relate to PE, because you can meet quite a lot of completely different cases, when this environment has nothing to do with this problem, by and large, and has not.

Possible causes of the problem

As for the reasons for notifying that the driver for the laptop drive (of any type, because the USB port is also a disk drive) or a stationary PC is not available, there may be a lot, but among the most common are usually the following:

• Wrong connection of the drive;
• Use USB 3.0 without support from the flash drive;
• A flash drive or flash drive (or a contact in the port) during installation;
• Installation of the system from a disk with custom firmware;
• Incorrectly recorded ISO image;
• Corrupted ISO image;
• Corrupted or defective media (disks with the attribute noname);
• Clogging the drive with dust;
• Drive or port failure.

Based on these reasons, we will look for a solution to solve the problem. All of them are quite simple and do not require any special knowledge.

Checking the connection of the drive

First of all, let's look at how to connect the drive, if it's the optical drive. The fact that it needs to be inserted into a special compartment on a stationary terminal, laptop, or use an external connection, everyone knows. But installing the drive is not the most important thing. The main thing is to connect the cables to it correctly.

Note that the loops for the hard drive and drive are the same, but it's all about the Master / Slave jumper. Remember: the hard drive is always connected only through the Master (of course, if there is only one hard disk in the system), and the drive is exclusively through the Slave. In passing, pay attention to the interface used (IDE, SATA, etc.) and the position of the jumper.

How to connect the drive, it is understandable. But why does nothing happen when inserting a disk into it? In theory, when the reading process starts, the LED should blink on the drive, but the drive does not signal the life signs.

Activating the device in the BIOS

Here the problem can be that in the primary system this device is simply not activated, so the main system is not available (an error due to the fact that there is no driver for the DVD drive can be issued in this case).

To check when restarting a computer or laptop, enter the BIOS parameters, then check in the hardware section to see if the drive is visible. If so, you may need to enable it (select Enabled on the device line). After that you can reboot and look at the result.

Problems in reading optical disks

But it often happens that the drive is recognized, active, and the disk is not readable. The system will again notify you that there is no driver for the CD drive.

In this case, the problem may be that in the drive itself an optical lens has got dust or it simply failed. But most of the problem is caused by a poor-quality carrier. In this situation, you can try to just burn the image to another disk and try to install from it.

On the other hand (and this is confirmed by quite a large number of users and experts), most often a message that the necessary driver for the drive is not found, get all those who recorded the image in the program UltraISO. And this applies equally to optical disks and USB-drives. Why this happens is for certain unknown, but the fact remains.

Another kind of problem, when the system reports that the necessary driver for the drive is not found, is the damaged image of the installer. In this case it is a situation when it was downloaded from the Internet. Perhaps you should find a different resource and download the image from there, then write to the desired media.

The same, incidentally, applies to unofficial custom repacks. The idea is that the system installs the necessary drivers from its own database automatically during installation, and in such firmware the necessary driver may not be available as such. Exit - download the official distribution (if activation is required, you can always use the tiny KMSAuto Net utility, although this is illegal).

Finally, the reason for the message that a necessary driver for the drive is not found can be a completely banal situation when the disc was burned at maximum speed. It is believed that the optimal option for recording is the minimum speed supported by both the drive and the optical media itself (it is best to use 2x if the possibility, 1x or at least 4x, but not higher).

Checking the health in the "Device Manager"

But, perhaps, the drive itself does not work for some reason. In such a situation, you can simply connect it to another computer with an already installed system and check its operability there. If the OS does not install the appropriate software, in the "Device Manager" (devmgmt.msc in the "Run" menu), the drive will be marked in yellow or designated as an unknown device. In this case, nothing else but the download of the desired driver, does not remain.

Where can I find the driver for the drive?

Here, many begin to have problems. If the drive in the system is determined, but the driver is not available, on the Internet it is necessary not only to find it, but to contact the official resource of the manufacturer. Download it from where it's not worth it, because it's trivial to pick up a virus.

But also on the site of the manufacturer of drivers so many that even for one device or similar devices there can be dozens of them. To select exactly what you need, in the Device Manager you should use the property section called via the PCM on the drive line, and go to the information tab, select the equipment ID from the drop down menu and use for the exact search the longest line containing the IDs DEV And VEN. In principle, you can turn to special sites, which are created in order to find drivers for this data. After loading, the driver along with the image will be written to the USB-drive and set up from it, and if an error occurs, specify the path to the driver on the removable device.

Installing the system from a USB storage device

But here the user lies in wait for trouble. A message about the lack of a driver may appear even in this case.

First of all try to just remove the USB flash drive from the port and insert it back (it's not enough, maybe the contact disappears). If that does not work, use a different port. Finally, look at which port the drive is inserted into (Windows 7 interface does not support USB 3.0). The port itself is usually painted in blue.

BIOS settings and settings

If this option does not work, you need to use the BIOS again. Here we are interested in several important settings.

First of all, the mode of operation of the HDD needs to be switched to AHCI (without this, the installation of any system is simply impossible).

In the event that the computer actually has a USB 3.0 port, there, in the settings, it needs to be disabled for a while. In addition, for USB, you need to deactivate the XHCI mode, and set the USB emulation parameters to Auto.

After performing all the actions, of course, you need to save the changes made (usually using F10 + Y or the "OK" button), then boot from the removable media and reinstall, without forgetting to put the flash drive first to boot.

This method, judging by the same feedback on various forums, works flawlessly. In the end, you can just completely format the media and change the program to write the installation image. Whether it is a little ...

Sometimes the above described settings can be completely impractical. It's enough just to reset all parameters to the factory state and try installing again. Who knows, maybe such an option will give the desired result. In any version or modification of the BIOS, you can find a line like Load Setup Defaults or something similar, use it and agree to change the settings.

As the most extreme measure, if nothing works with the BIOS settings, and the message about the lack of a driver appears again and again, you can try to apply the latest solution, which is to download and install a newer firmware for the primary I / O system. However, if in some systems the update point is already built into the shell itself, there will be no problems. But for all other modifications, the firmware will have to be downloaded and installed on its own, but you should be extremely careful, because with inappropriate firmware or even outages with electricity during its update, the consequences can become catastrophic.

Problems with the drive in the installed system?

But, suppose, from the USB-device the system is still installed. It happens that users complain that the "Drive" drive is not visible, and immediately begin to panic. It is not necessary, because this is a normal situation. The fact is that some models of optical drives have such an accompanying software that hides the drive in file managers until the moment the disk is inserted into it.

If the drive is not visible even when the disk is inserted, you should check its definition in the "Device Manager". If there is not, you need to expand the list using the hidden devices display. Perhaps, for him the driver itself was installed incorrectly. To fix the situation, you will either need to update the driver (in the PCM menu or on the corresponding tab by pressing the button of the same name), or remove the driver or device completely, and after Windows informs you that new hardware is found, but an error occurred during driver installation It also happens), install the appropriate software yourself, specifying the same flash drive on which the driver was written in the past stages. In the end, you can just copy it to your hard drive and choose the location there.

However, these are all standard situations, which are fixed quite simply. But it can also be that the drive in the system is working properly, but for some reason the disk drives do not read. What to do in this situation? There may be several options: a damaged disk, a dusty or broken drive (although visible in the system). In the first case, just insert the normal medium and look at the result. In the second - you can slightly, so to speak, blow the drive or remove from the main outgoing pocket dust and dirt. If none of this effect has any effect, the drive will have to be repaired or even replaced. In this case, you should not buy any specific models for which the database driver system may not be, and give preference to common brands. The system will install, as it seems, the most suitable driver, but in fact under its control the drive can not work.

Brief conclusions

So, here are all the situations that may be associated with errors, indicating the lack of the necessary drivers for the drives. As you can see, this problem does not apply to DVD-drives only, since even if they are not available, it can appear when trying to install Windows 7 from USB-media or even external HDD, which are also classified as disk drives.

It is considered that with the missing optical drive the most effective solution is setting the BIOS parameters in the above, plus - using only the 2.0 interface for USB, since the third modification in the "seven" is not supported.

If we are talking only about optical drives, the most likely reasons may be incorrect connections and problems with installation images or unofficial distributions, not to mention, of course, purely technical breakdowns.

Accordingly, if such problems are identified, one or more of the solutions listed should be applied. At least one proposed method, but it will help.