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Thanks, Seth, for pointing me in the right direction.<br />
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I didn't have any success installing drivers from the ,exe files.<br />
Workaround was to navigate from Device Manager to c:\swsetup (the folder where the drivers were automatically extracted).<br />
Windows found the drivers there.
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Thanks, Seth, for pointing me in the right direction.

I didn't have any success installing drivers from the ,exe files.
Workaround was to navigate from Device Manager to c:\swsetup (the folder where the drivers were automatically extracted).
Windows found the drivers there.

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Hi Experts,<br />
<br />
My HP Z220 Workstation running Windows 7 Ultimate has died due to hardware issues.<br />
<br />
I have purchased a new HP Z230 Workstation and have transferred the SSD that has been running Windows 7 Ultimate on my old HP Z220 Workstation.<br />
<br />
My old Windows 7 Ultimate OS boots on the new PC.<br />
But none of the USB ports are working. &nbsp;Device Manager does not show any USB ports.<br />
<br />
I can boot the new Windows 8.1 system that came with the workstation and the USB ports are accessible from that OS.<br />
<br />
What can I do to restore access to the USB ports from my existing Windows 7 Ultimate OS?<br />
I have 200 applications installed and do not want to undertake a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Leigh
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Hi Experts,

My HP Z220 Workstation running Windows 7 Ultimate has died due to hardware issues.

I have purchased a new HP Z230 Workstation and have transferred the SSD that has been running Windows 7 Ultimate on my old HP Z220 Workstation.

My old Windows 7 Ultimate OS boots on the new PC.
But none of the USB ports are working.  Device Manager does not show any USB ports.

I can boot the new Windows 8.1 system that came with the workstation and the USB ports are accessible from that OS.

What can I do to restore access to the USB ports from my existing Windows 7 Ultimate OS?
I have 200 applications installed and do not want to undertake a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate.

Regards,
Leigh

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