How to inject USB 3.0 drivers into Windows Server 2008 R2SP1 for use on Dell R230, R330, T30, T130, T330

 

 

Steps: 
 

1. Download and extract Driver_Update_Utility.zip to local disk.

    

   NOTE: When you are unable to download Driver_Update_Utility.zip, contact support to have it emailed to you.

    

2. Right-click Windows PowerShell and select "Run as Administrator"
   
   
    

 

1. Set the PowerShell Execution policy to Unrestricted:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

 

1. Change the directory to the location of DriverUpdate.ps1
2. Run the DriverUpdate.ps1 script:

.\DriverUpdate.ps1

 
The Dell Driver Update Utility user interface launches on top of PowerShell now.



 

1. Select the ISO or DVD radio button and navigate to location of the ISO or DVD drive from the "…" button.
   • Use ISO radio button to navigate to ISO image file
   • Use DVD to select DVD optical drive where Windows 2008 R2 DVD media is installed 
     
      

1. Select the operating system Edition to modify from the "Select OS Edition" dropdown menu
   
    

 

1. Navigate to folder location to save a new ISO image from the "…" button.
   • New modified ISO image is named WS08R2SP1_New.iso automatically
     
      

1. If you plan to slipstream any additional drivers into new ISO, select the checkbox and navigate to folder containing additional driver files.
   
    

 

 

1. Select the Start Button to start the integration process.

 

 

 

 

 

1. To verify completion of the utility, switch to the initial PowerShell and wait for the ISO completion messaging:

Done.
ISO creation successful

In this method, we have to inject the USB 3.0 drivers manually. In order to achieve the same, we must inject the drivers into "Boot.wim"  which has 2 indexes (1 & 2).

"Boot.wim" has 2 indexes (1 & 2). The Intel USB 3.0 drivers must be injected into both.

• Index 1 = Microsoft Windows PE
• Index 2 = Microsoft Windows Setup

 "Install.wim" has 8 indexes. Depending on the edition of media being used, the Intel USB 3.0 drivers must be injected into that index. The list below is from the Dell OEM Media and the MSDN media and may differ on customer media.
 

• Index 1 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Standard
• Index 2 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Standard Core
• Index 3 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Enterprise
• Index 4 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Enterprise Core
• Index 5 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Datacenter
• Index 6 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Datacenter Core
• Index 7 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Web
• Index 8 = Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Web Core

 Before the Intel USB 3.0 drivers are injected into the operating system image, a servicing environment must be created. If the Windows Server 2008 R2 w/SP1 is being serviced from a Windows 7 operating system, then the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) must be installed on the client operating system; if Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 and newer operating system is used then Windows ADK must be installed.
 

1. Create the following folders:
    
   1. C:\temp\WindowsISO (Unpack the windows 2008R2 ISO to this folder)
   2. C:\temp\drivers (Add all driver folders in this folder… steps 2-6 below)
   3. C:\temp\wim (Is a temp folder for the WIM file)
      
       
2. Extract USB3 driver files to C:\temp\drivers
   
    

Download and install Deployment Tools form the ADK 8.1 installer. (Required for oscdimg.exe tool in either process outlined below)

Use a CMD prompt with Administrator privileges Commands or Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment Command Prompt (Any Windows operating system with ADK 8.1) to integrate drivers using following processes:

Administrator: Command Prompt Commands: List Index Files:
 

CD \temp
Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\temp\WindowsISO\sources\boot.wim

List Index Files:

Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:C:\temp\WindowsISO\sources\Install.wim

Mount index 1 of wim file:

Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\temp\WindowsISO\sources\boot.wim /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\temp\Wim

Inject drivers into mounted wim

Dism /Image:C:\temp\wim /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\temp\drivers /Recurse

 

Unmount index of wim file and commit changes.

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\wim /Commit

 

Mount index 2 of wim file:

Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\temp\WindowsISO\sources\boot.wim /Index:2 /MountDir:C:\temp\Wim

Inject drivers into mounted wim

Dism /Image:C:\temp\wim /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\temp\drivers /Recurse

Unmount index of wim file and commit changes:

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\wim /Commit

Mount the index of wim file according to the operating system edition that you want to install.
For this example, we used Index 3 for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\temp\WindowsISO\sources\Install.wim /Index:3 /MountDir:C:\temp\Wim

Inject drivers into mounted wim

Dism /Image:C:\temp\wim /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\temp\drivers /Recurse

Unmount index of wim file and commit changes.

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\wim /Commit

 

Create new ISO image with modified files

CD 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg

Creates a new ISO image with modified files:

oscdimg -n -m -bc:\temp\WindowsISO\boot\etfsboot.com C:\temp\WindowsISO C:\temp\WindowsISO\Mynew_Windows_Server2008_Ent_USB3.0.iso

 
Finally we have created the new Windows ISO image with USB 3.0 drivers injected, which can now be used to install Windows Server 2008 R2 with USB3.0 is enabled in Bios.