Install drivers on WinPE

From Ece

In the case where Windows' Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE) does not automatically load driver support, it is possible to dynamically load drivers.

• The driver needs to be obtained (most likely from http://support.dell.com/). WinPE, specifically, needs the *.inf file which contains all the driver information.
  • The driver also needs to be accessible. Depending on what the driver is for, either load it onto a thumb drive, CD, or networked drive.
  • In the case of a thumb drive, it needs to be inserted after WinPE has finished initializing. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell what drive letter it is mounted under, so try various

    cd /d <drive_letter>:

    commands until it is found.
• In the WinPE environment (X:\), execute

  drvload.exe <full_path_to_INF>