but you cannot proceed. I have tried everything I have seen online, from canceling the installation and plugging in the USB stick/ Optical drive to a different USB port, to replacing my installation media.
I have tried booting the system with my freshly created bootcamp driver usb stick attached as well, but the only two locations I can access at this stage are the Windows install disk/USB, and the empty new 99GB BOOTCAMP partition.
What I did was after creating the Bootcamp Driver USB, and after creating the Bootcamp partition and restarting into Windows. I turned the machine back off, booted back into Yosemite via the Boot Manager (Option Key) and copied the contents of my Bootcamp Driver USB stick onto the empty new BOOTCAMP partition. Then I restarted back into my installer, and was able to browse to the needed driver by accessing the BOOTCAMP partition from the load driver option within the Windows installer menu.
New update; I may have found my way around whatever block windows has on it's USB support, but I immediately found a new issue. The only resolution I found so far was a paid 3rd party software program to write to NTFS from a Mac OS. I posted about it here: USB not working in Windows 7. Can't install BC drivers
It is recommended you update your DVD & CD Drivers regularly in order to avoid conflicts. You can manually install CD and DVD drivers or you can use a driver update tool to automate this. Both options are discussed below. Driver updates will resolve any Driver conflict issues with all devices and improve the performance of your PC.
To fix your Drivers problems you will need to know the particular model of the DVD/ CD device you are having problems with. Once you have the details you can search the manufacturers website for your drivers and, if available, download and install these drivers.
If you are unsure of whether or not you need to update your Drivers, or indeed which Drivers may need to be updated, you can run a Drivers scan using a driver update tool (you will need to pay to register this tool but usually the Drivers scan is free). This will allow you to assess your Driver needs without any commitment. Alternatively, you can use the device manager to check if there are problems with any of your hardware devices.
In many cases the answer to this is yes, however in some cases the manufacturers no longer make the Drivers available so you need to use a Driver Update Tool to install the missing Drivers. The purpose of such as tool is to save you time and effort by automatically downloading and updating the Drivers for you.
A Driver Update Program will instantly resolve your drivers problems by scanning your PC for outdated, missing or corrupt drivers, which it then automatically updates to the most compatible version.
The most common DVD and CD Driver problems and downloads relate to Dell DVD Drivers, HP DVD Drivers and LG DVD Drivers. DVD and CD Driver updates are available for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, XP and Vista. You can download the Driver update software below and run a Free Scan of your PC to see what Drivers your system requires.
I have bought the HP 15-ay060nm notebook several days ago and when I try to install Windows 7 (64-bit) from the bootable flash drive I have made, I get an error saying "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing" and telling me to insert media containing it.
I understand this is a common problem when installing Windows 7, but could you please help me address this issue for my particular machine, as most of the solutions I have found seemed confusing and dependent on particular hardware or driver?
Thanks.
I had this problem when trying to install Win7 from a USB drive. Spectre X360-13T-3000 model laptop. Problem is that Win7 does apparently not come with USB 3.0 drivers, but both the USB ports on this laptop are USB3.0. These are identified NOT by a blue socket (as discussed in other forums) but by the SS logo:
Select USB 3.0 Configuration in Pre-OS. Change this setting from "Enabled" to "Auto". This allows the 2 USB ports on this computer to function as USB 2.0 ports during bootup, but once the OS starts they will be switched to USB 3.0. You can set this back to "Enabled" after you have installed the OS.
However I now have another problem. Got Win7 installed. Under device manager, the Network Controller, PCI SImple Comm Device, SM Bus Controller, USB Controller and Unknown device are all with yellow !. I can download drivers for Win8.1 from the HP site, which may work, but how do I get them onto this laptop? Since Network controller and USB controller are both not working, there is no way to load the drivers! Help! Thanks.
this is my frist time ever see this error .
i try to format my drives ("not my own files or systems only the disk i want to install windows in")
is it from zorin . or just from boot settings or what ?
I seem to remember this type of message appears when you are trying to install Zorin OS and other distributions, as an option to install additional software not present in the installation media. It obviously comes from a time where using several media devices was common, and is not too relevant nowadays.
I'm guessing it could be that they removed some drivers to make the system more lightweight, and since most modern computers don't have DVD drives anymore, they most likely considered it safe to remove the driver that makes them work, which appears to be needed for something in your device.
What I could suggest trying is: Boot the zorin instalation usb, select the "try zorin" option, and run a program called "grub repair" that you will find in the applications menu and see if that fixes the issue.
I didn't mean to complicate things, sorry. The way I use Ventoy is through a script that formats the drive that's why I said "install script". What I meant is try to re-format the USB drive again with Ventoy. Something might have gone wrong.
Talking about CD and DVD drivers, they are awesome! You can find many cool and valuable(for a hobbist) things inside them to use in your projects. There are so many things that you can do with one or more of these drivers that you will be impressed.
This instructable is about this, reusing the parts from a old/dead CD or DVD driver. After disassembling many of these drivers i could learn its tricks and know what can be done with them, now I want to share this specific knowledge with you.
You can find a dead CD or DVD driver in old computers, maybe you have one in your house. But if you don't have one don't worry. I got mine from a computer repair workshop, if you ask for one in the workshop next to your house they will possibly give you one, because this drivers when dead and being substituted are going to trash, asking don't cost anything.
To get it open, you will need only some screwdrivers, for the most part i used only a philips screwdriver, But the ideal is to have a kit with many screwdrivers, because you may need a strange to disassemble the laser.
What you can make with this parts depends of your creativity, you can make a reduction to a robot or something like that, I using some these in one of my projects, You will see it in Instructables in some time.
The motor used to spin the CD or DVD is a brushless motor, that means that you can't simply connect two wires in a battery and it will spin, for that, you will need a Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) and maybe some mods , following are some instructables with motors like this.
When the device driver is uninstalled, you now need to reboot your computer. (Save any open work first, of course!) When your computer restarts, it will automatically install the now-missing CD/DVD device driver.
Fixing a CD burner not working is just one example of updating system drivers to keep your computer operating smoothly. You can use Driver Support to keep all the drivers on your computer current and in prime operating condition.
Driver Support scours your system for all active device types supported. When you fully register the service, it automatically updates any drivers that are missing or out of date.
I believe I may have discovered an issue relating to Windows 10 and the Sophos endpoint agent. I upgraded to Windows 10 yesterday and checked device manager to find that my DVD-RW was not functioning properly. If I uninstall the device, rescan for hardware changes and let it automatically reinstall, it functions properly again. Upon rebooting, the DVD-RW stops functioning again until I repeat the aforementioned steps. I have noticed that after rebooting, a second driver is added for the DVD-RW from Sophos: sdcfilter.sys. Presumably this is needed for the endpoint agent to perform device control functions such as blocking writable drivers which we do utilize in our environment. I'm not positive this is causing the issue, but that evidence suggests that. I am going to report this to Sophos support in hopes that it might be a bug that could be corrected in the upcoming 10.6 release for all those early adopters but I thought I'd post it on the forums as well in case anyone had a similar experience. I've attached two screenshots to support my post.
Hi,
If you get it back into the working state as you have done previously by essentially removing the sdcfilter (lower filter). Then find the inf file for the sdcfilter driver in the AutoUpdate cache, e.g.:
C:\ProgramData\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\decoded\savxp\ClassFilterDrivers\wnet_amd64\
right click on the sdcfilter.inf file and choose install. Does the lower filter appear as listed and the device functional?
I wonder if a fresh install vs an in-place upgrade causes this?
Regards,
Jak