I have a new SSD for my Precision 7510 workstation. I need to install windows 7 on it from the DVD provided by Dell. The DVD has no Drivers and consequently when I try and install, I get a message about "The installation media does not contain any drivers" and the installation will not allow me to continue. Bear in mind that my new SSD has no recovery partition or in fact any partition. I have a Cab file of drivers and I have also unpacked this onto a USB stick, but this does not appear as a drive when I 'browse'. Neither does the new SSD - it has no partitions...
Do I need to format the SSD first?
Could anyone tell me where I can get the drivers and what form they need to be in? That is, do I need to burn them onto a DVD and what would the directory structure look like? Do I need to download all the drivers separately - there are a number of exes on the support site, or can I use the CAB file from Dell Enterprise site?
I have been trying various things now for a number of days and I am losing my grip on reality :)
Many thanks in advance.