Inject drivers in Windows installation after motherboard change

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Today, after working with Windows for over 15 years now, I finally came across the solution to the 
dreadfull BSOD STOP 0x0000007B after replacing the motherboard of a computer, or after moving the 
harddrive to another computer, or after doing a P2V, or after ... you get the point.

Requirements:
- Windows install / boot CD
- Chipset / Mobo / Storage drivers of the new motherboard or storage controller

Steps:
- extract all the drivers to a USB thumb drive
- boot with the Windows CD
- go to the recovery console (typically hidden somewhere under repair, or advanced tools
- find out what drive letter your windows installation is in (probably C:) and what drive letter your 
USB thumb drive is in (let's assume D:)
- type in the magic command:

    DISM /Image:C:\ /Add-Driver /driver:D:\ /recurse

- wait until the process completes. You should see lines indicating what driver is being injected
- reboot

After rebooting, you should be able to boot into windows (if the boot menu for start-up repair shows, 
just select the option to boot Windows normally). Once booted, Windows will probably install some more 
drivers and you will probably need to reboot once more. There's also a chance that you'll need to 
re-activate your Windows.

As if you didn't hear this enough, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

add driver option is unknown?

Interestingly DISM Image Management Command-Line Options does not list the option, but DISM Driver Servicing (.inf) Command-Line Options does.

Unfortunally i have Error 87 and the process end.
any workaround?

Unfortunally i have Error 87 and the process end. any workaround?

Can you provide a screenshot or at least all of the text from the error message? Context is very important, and the error message text can convey a lot more information than just the error number.

Thank you so much

Thank you!!!
Scenario:

• doing a BareMetalRestore from HP z420 to HP Z2 G9
• Windows will start, if VMD in Bios is disabled. In Windows, you can also install all HP-driver. Excluding the VMD-driver, because there is no hardware enabled.
• Windows runs into BSOD, if VMD in Bios is enabled
• after a lot of headache, i found this post, which saved my weekend ;)
• now i've a nvme-raid and i'm happy

Unfortunally i have Error 87 and the process end. any workaround?

Can you provide a screenshot or at least all of the text from the error message? Context is very important, and the error message text can convey a lot more information than just the error number.

I'm also getting the exact error 87. When I do dism /?, the add-driver and add-package option is not listed. I'm on Windows 11 24H2.

Below is the full error message.

PS C:\Users\Admin> Dism /Image:"F:\z2\zMount" /Add-Driver /Driver:"F:\z2\2Drivers-Boot" /Recurse

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.26100.1150

Image Version: 10.0.19041.1288

Error: 87

The add-driver option is unknown.
For more information, refer to the help by running DISM.exe /?.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

This aboslutely saved my ass. Saving this for fututre reference. THANK YOU,

Hello, I just opened an account to ask for help.

I have downloaded Windows 11 to my Acer Nitro v15-51 without VMD.

VMD was a hassle, and because I don't understand, I just disabled VMD.

But when a new bios update comes, it opens VMD automatically, so I get a blue screen, and I have to open the boot menu to close VMD again.

Now, I want to enable VMD, but because the OS was installed without the VMD driver, it doesn't start with the option on. Even after downloading VMD driver and installing it in the OS.

I guess I had to install the driver in the setup screen.

I'm 80% sure the answer to my problem is here, injecting the driver.
But because I don't understand anything about this topic, can someone explain it to me?

I literally need an explanation on a toddler level. (T_T)
Thank you in advance.

still usefull! thanks,just upgraded from 6th gen intel + win10 to new intel pc and to win11 later without loosing any data/installed programs... injected "iastorvd" driver (i hope i remember driver name correctly)
also,still don't understand why on earth you would want intel vmd on nvme...

Hi all,

Thank you very much. This is a very useful guide on how to add the missing drivers to a non-booting Windows installation. Following the same principle of using the DISM commands, I have found a somewhat easier way to doing this for anyone who doesn't want to go through CMD commands and Windows Repair/Recovery environment.

I have just done this on a HP Laptop where the Intel Rapid Storage driver was missing and therefore, I was getting the "Inaccessible Boot Device" error.

What I did was:

1. Download SergeiStrelec WinPE. The link can be found via a Google Search.
2. Write the WinPE .iso file to a USB Drive using Rufus to make a USB Bootable Drive
3. Download the required storage driver and place the whole driver folder somewhere on the USB Bootable Drive. In my case, I needed to install the Intel VMD driver on an HP laptop. The driver comes as an .exe file that extracts to a folder. I copied this entire folder to the USB Bootable Drive.
4. Upon booting with the USB Drive, you get the choice of Windows 10 or 11, choose any of the 2, it doesn't really matter.
5. Once you are booted to the WinPE desktop, search for the Dism++ tool.
6. Once you are in the Dism++ tool, it will show you the available options for the WinPE, YOU MUST choose your own Windows Installation on the top part of the Dism++ window
7. Click on Drivers on the left hand side
8. Click on Add, it will ask you to browse to the location of the driver you want to add
9. Choose the Driver folder that you placed on the USB Drive in Step 3.
10. Dism++ will install the driver and give you a confirmation message afterwards.

And that's it, you shut down the PC/Laptop, remove the USB Drive and boot normally. This is what worked for me. Hope it helps you guys out as well. Cheers!

Love u!!! Many tahnks bro!