Add network and storage drivers manually

You can get the network and storage drivers from the manufacturer's website or from a different resource, and add the drivers manually.

Move any drivers that are currently stored in the drivers directory to a different source or device to prevent conflict. When switching from a lower version of WinPE KBE to a higher version or conversely, remove any drivers that were downloaded from the Driver Feed because the drivers are similar. Also, to avoid slow deployments, remove drivers for devices that are no longer in your environment.

The driver files from a manufacturer's site generally consist of .inf, .sys, and .cat files. There might be dependent files that the .inf file requires to load the drivers.

1.	Access the drivers share directory of your appliance from the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path \\<appliance>\drivers, where <appliance> is either the IP address or the DNS name of the appliance.

2.	Download and extract the drivers from the manufacturer's website or any other source to a device that can access the appliance drivers share directory.

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Add the driver files to the folder that corresponds to the process to which you want to make the drivers available. For example, add the KBE_driver_pack/kbe_windows_x86 directory in to the corresponding kbe_windows_x86 directory on the appliance. Also, copy the contents of the KBE_driver_pack/kbe_windows_x64 directory in to the corresponding kbe_windows_x64 directory on the appliance.

NOTE: Do not combine Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 drivers in the same KBE folder. You cannot add drivers for WinPE 5.0, which uses the drivers for Windows 8.1 to a folder for WinPE 4.0, which uses the drivers for Windows 8.0. Windows ADK 8.0 supports WinPE 4.0. Windows ADK 8.1 supports WinPE 5.0.

For additional information on Quest KBE driver packs, go to https://support.quest.com/kb/111717.

4.	Re-cache the drivers. See Re-cache the network and storage driver directory.

Adding drivers requires re-caching the drivers, and rebuilding the KBE to make the newly added drivers available.

Use the latest version of the KACE Media Manager and the Windows ADK to build the WinPE KBE for Windows 7 and later. The Media Manager cannot overwrite an existing KBE; do not name a KBE using a name that exists.