Intel Skylake doesn't support UHCI usb. It only supports the new standard XHCI usb. Windows 7 only uses UHCI usb. When the new usb drivers are installed Windows 7 will boot from either USB2 or USB3 ports.
Unzip the downloaded file to any location. Place the USB drive containing the Windows 7 installation media into a port. Run WindowsImageTool.exe from the downloaded unzipped file. Takes about 20 minutes as it reads from the USB drive the boot.wim and install.wim files and then writes them back to the USB drive.
@hearywarlot yea, thats exactly what i read in my mobo's user guide. dang! thanks for the tips though, i might ended up using the #2 on your list to fix it.
They are generic drivers that should work with any motherboard. My laptop has an Intel motherboard, i5-6200U processor and Intel 100 chipset. Worked fine on it.
Or if you gonna modify the contents of the ISO anyway, why not just use Windows 8.1/10 ISO setup files? It will also booting from any USB3 (also the non Intel controllers) and allow to use install.esd files. Of course if you somehow have a incredibly buggy mobo with a very badly written BIOS somewhere which can not boot from 8.1/10 setup, you might do otherwise.
Even though this is the way the manufacturer does it, why limit yourself specially for ensurity if the other solution has no bad side effects (except if bad BIOS) and allows you all controllers and additional things? Chicken ?
why is it i keep repeating the same windows 7 installation process after the first restart? is this normal or am i in a loop-hole? P.S. i have already repeated the same process 3 times and currently at the 4th, am i on the right path or loop path?
so you mean after the first restart i'll go back to bios and set the ssd to first boot priority to replace the usb drive?
i've just started to install windows and haven't finished the whole installation process that's why i'm curious if what i'm experiencing is only normal or not.