Integrated drivers are not installed

[Twisted Mind]

Hey guys,

 

I'm new to this forum and WTK so first, I'd like to say thank you for this really cool and useful piece of software: Thank you ;-) Working with winSIM turns out to be nice when you're creating an (auto-)unattend.xml but turns out to be quite a mess when you're trying to integrate drivers...

 

And that's why I'm posting right now:

 

I have created an autounattend.xml with RT7lite, WTK and winSIM all merged together and it's doing it's job quite fine. All settings are applied as I want then and setup finishes succesfully.

 

Unfortunately, the setup does not install my drivers at all - and I don't get a clue why! I have integrated them using the All-in-One Integrator and it takes hours to recompress the install.wim so they obviously have to be integrated. Still, Windows doesn't even try to install them.

 

Can someone please give me a hint what to do to make this work?

 

Thx in advance,

-twistedmin

[ricktendo]

How did you get/back up the drivers to integrate?

I suggest you use a driver backup program or back them up manually by going to "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository" (sort folder by date) and copy your drivers for integration later

[Twisted Mind]

How did you get/back up the drivers to integrate?

I suggest you use a driver backup program or back them up manually by going to "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository" (sort folder by date) and copy your drivers for integration later

Hi ricktendo,

 

I downloaded all drivers straight from Lenovo's support homepage as I am trying to integrate their "ThinkPad w530"-model into my win7-USB stick. They prodive an "Enterprise Management Package" which provides all drivers for win7 x64 in a nice folder/subfolder structure - please take a look at my attached screenshot.

 

AddOn:

This is the download address -> http://support.lenovo.com/de_DE/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS030226 <-

Edited August 19, 2013 by Twisted Mind

[ricktendo]

Yea the chipset drivers look good, but are the rest also in INF format?

What you need to do is install all those drivers on a live system and back up the INF/SYS/DLL's, use a driver backup tool or do it manually as I suggest above

You cannot integrate drivers that are in EXE form

[Twisted Mind]

Hello again,

 

Lenovo provides all drivers as .INF files and WTK recognizes 219 of them in my drivers directory - please see my new screenshot with some examples.

 

I still don't get it: Do I have to somehow trigger the installation? None of my integrated drivers are installed by WTK/Windows Setup.

[ricktendo]

Yea, looks fine to me. I see the broadcom bluetooth, ricoh card readers, intel MEI, intel chipset drivers instegrated fine

[Twisted Mind]

Hi guys,

 

based on this threat (http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/11462-does-wt-has-driver-number-limitation/) I assume I broke the "max number of drivers"-law of Windows Driver Store. I am going to create a new install.wim without driver integration and create images for each type of computer I need to image. This is a temporary work-around before we start using FrontRange DSM anyway, so I am not going to investigate further.

 

Thanks for you help!

 

My threat may be closed now.