You see, the Windows 7 installation environment does not have native support for USB 3.0 because the format simply wasn’t all that common back when Windows 7 first came out. This error, in cases other than when it is caused by happenstance or something incredibly generic, is brought on by the use of a USB 3.0 drive to install Windows 7. Well, that’s just a difference in terminology – the semantics remain the same. The error message points at a missing CD/DVD drive device driver, while they’re not using the CD/DVD drive to install Windows 7 in the first place – they’re using a USB drive. Upon seeing this error message, the first thing any affected user would wonder will most certainly be why they’re seeing it in the first place.
A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing What causes the “A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing” error message?
