This blog post is originally written by Tilak Sidduram from Windows Engineering Team Windows Server versions older than 2012 (including WS 2008 R2 w/SP1) do not support USB 3.0 natively. Dell’s 13 th Generation server models (R/T/M/FX) 430 and higher comes with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. There is a toggle switch in the BIOS which allows the user to either use USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 (this defaults to 2.0 from our factory).

Hi all,I have an external USB 3.0 HDD with WinPE 3 installed on it. Windows PE; Injecting USB 3.0. Do you use PE x86 or x64? Add and Remove Drivers Offline. May 12, 2015 Here are the command needed to add drivers to a custom WIM 1. Make sure you have Windows Automated Installation. Guide: Adding drivers to a custom winPE (3.0. Add drivers to Windows PE, such as graphics drivers or network drivers. Device drivers typically include a folder that contains multiple files. These folders include. Jul 07, 2011 Unable to see WD USB 3.0 HD when I boot to WinPE. The driver of USB 3.0 in WinPE. If you add USB. Windows system32 drivers folder, the USB 3.0.

Using the USB 2.0 option makes older Windows versions simple to install. Dell server models (R/T) 330 and lower are USB 3.0 only, making legacy OS installation somewhat more challenging. Dell BIOS showing USB 3.0 settings with the toggle switch. (Figure 1) Figure 1: Dell BIOS With USB 3.0 using the default media, installation will get stuck at the following stage without keyboard and mouse functionality (Figure 2): Figure 2: Stopped Installation in the setup screen For a smooth installation, the Intel USB 3.0 driver needs to be slipstreamed into both the “install.wim” and the “boot.wim” of the Windows 2008 R2 w/SP1 media. Each '.wim' file has more than 1 index, so you need to inject the Intel USB 3.0 drivers into all of the applicable indexes of each “.wim” file.

Microsoft provides a tool called Deployment Images Servicing and Management (DISM) that will allow modification of “wim” files. DISM is native in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and newer operating systems utilizing Windows PowerShell. Additionally, DISM is available for older Windows operating systems when the Deployment Tools from the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is installed. Acrorip 64 Bit here. The Intel USB 3.0 drivers for Windows Server 2008 R2 w/SP1 are available for download for all 13 th Generation Servers on support.dell.com under the chipset category when Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Operating System Filter is applied.

In this blog we have documented two different method to inject the USB 3.0 drivers into the OS image. • Method 1: Windows Server 2008 R2 Driver Slipstreaming Utility • Method 2: Manually Integrate the USB 3.0 drivers into Windows Server 2008 R2 w/SP1 OS Method 1: Windows Server 2008 R2 Driver Slipstreaming Utility Note: We highly recommend to use a Test PC to perform the below steps and for best results, copy all files to local disk on Windows 7, Windows 8.x, or Windows 10 clients. Alternatively, Windows Server 2008 R2 w/SP1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 can be used as well, but intermittent operation hangs have been witnessed on Windows 2012 R2 Server. If there is any antivirus service running on the system running any of the above mentioned OS’s the antivirus software needs to be disabled or stopped until the Image is created using the utility. Please follow the steps as documented below, 1. Extract Driver_Update_Utility.zip to the local disk (Please find the attached.zip file below) 2. Right-click Windows PowerShell and select 'Run as Administrator' 3.

Set PowerShell Execution policy to Unrestricted: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Select 'Y' to change the policy 4. Change directory to the location of DriverUpdate.ps1 5. Run the DriverUpdate.ps1 script:.