You can extract .sys, .inf and .cat files from driver installation .exe file in the following way: Get 32Gb or larger USB thumbdrive.
Prepare full-featured Windows 10/11 on USB thumbdrive using FlashBoot Free.
Boot Windows 10/11 from USB thumbdrive on the same computer where NVMe or RAID device is installed.
Prepare desktop shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe with run as administrator option enabled.
Save list of folders in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository. To do this, run the following command in the command prompt: dir /a:d /b C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository > C:\drvlist_before.txt (please note: disk C: in this context is bootable USB thumbdrive).
Download and install driver .exe file from the website of your hardware manufacturer. Please pay attention: you need to download and install driver for Windows 7, not Windows 10/11. Drivers for Windows 7 can be installed under Windows 10/11, but not vice versa.
Again, save list of folders in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository. To do this, run the following command in the command prompt: dir /a:d /b C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository > C:\drvlist_after.txt
Compare contents of DriverStore file repository before and after driver installation: findstr /V /G:C:\drvlist_before.txt C:\drvlist_after.txt New folder appeared after driver installation, note its name here. (Here is a sample output. For your driver, this folder will have a different name.) iastorac.inf_amd64_neutral_47ebd65d436e75d0 Copy .sys, .inf, .cat and other files from the folder which you have noted on the previous step, e.g. C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iastorac.inf_amd64_neutral_47ebd65d436e75d0. If there were multiple new folders in DriverStore file repository, then copy .sys, .inf, .cat and other files files from multiple folders.
Copied driver files should be put to separate small USB thumbdrive. Bootable USB thumbdrive with Windows 10/11 and installed drivers can be reformatted and reused for other purpose now.
5. Case study: Samsung NVMe SSD and Intel RSTe RAID Samsung NVMe SSD controller and Intel RSTe RAID controller (C600+ and C220+ series chipset) represent a special class of devices. These devices are fully compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server, but correct integration of their drivers into Windows Setup is possible only with FlashBoot Pro and totally not possible using other driver integration tools.
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