Vista Install Won't Recognize Hard Drives "Terry Smerling" <smerling[ at ]roadrunner.com> 12/10/2008 3:52:03 AM I am having a very hard time installing Vista Home Premium to a new hard drive -- I have tried on three different SATA hard drives. For example, although my BIOS recognizes the drive (a 500 GB Maxtor), Vista's install program says: "Windows is uanble to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation" and "This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure tht the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu." I had no trouble previously installing Vista on this computer on a different SATA 500 GB drive. In fact the previous installation was a breeze. I formatted each of the new drives in Vista before swapping them in for installtion. Anyone have an idea what is going on?

Re: Vista Install Won't Recognize Hard Drives "Richard G. Harper [MVP]" <rgharper[ at ]email.com> 12/10/2008 10:58:32 AM Does your SATA controller require loading drivers in Vista so setup can see the drives attached to it? Some newer controllers do. Check your motherboard or system manufacturer's support site to see if this is so. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Desktop] rgharper[ at ]gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "Terry Smerling" <smerling[ at ]roadrunner.com> wrote in message news:EE951CF6-737D-4F86-95F3-369ED5890B4C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am having a very hard time installing Vista Home Premium to a new hard >drive -- I have tried on three different SATA hard drives. For example, >although my BIOS recognizes the drive (a 500 GB Maxtor), Vista's install >program says: "Windows is uanble to find a system volume that meets its >criteria for installation" and "This computer's hardware may not support >booting to this disk. Ensure tht the disk's controller is enabled in the >computer's BIOS menu." I had no trouble previously installing Vista on >this computer on a different SATA 500 GB drive. In fact the previous >installation was a breeze. I formatted each of the new drives in Vista >before swapping them in for installtion. Anyone have an idea what is going >on?

Re: Vista Install Won't Recognize Hard Drives andy <bogusaddress[ at ]bogusaddress.123> 12/10/2008 6:34:26 PM On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:52:03 -0800, "Terry Smerling" <smerling[ at ]roadrunner.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I am having a very hard time installing Vista Home Premium to a new hard >drive -- I have tried on three different SATA hard drives. For example, >although my BIOS recognizes the drive (a 500 GB Maxtor), Vista's install >program says: "Windows is uanble to find a system volume that meets its >criteria for installation" and "This computer's hardware may not support >booting to this disk. Ensure tht the disk's controller is enabled in the >computer's BIOS menu." I had no trouble previously installing Vista on this >computer on a different SATA 500 GB drive. In fact the previous >installation was a breeze. I formatted each of the new drives in Vista >before swapping them in for installtion. Anyone have an idea what is going >on? Have you tried partitioning and formatting the drive within Vista setup, as opposed to swapping it in already formatted?

Re: Vista Install Won't Recognize Hard Drives "philo" <philo[ at ]privacy.net> 12/10/2008 11:32:27 PM "Terry Smerling" <smerling[ at ]roadrunner.com> wrote in message news:EE951CF6-737D-4F86-95F3-369ED5890B4C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I am having a very hard time installing Vista Home Premium to a new hard > drive -- I have tried on three different SATA hard drives. For example, > although my BIOS recognizes the drive (a 500 GB Maxtor), Vista's install > program says: "Windows is uanble to find a system volume that meets its > criteria for installation" and "This computer's hardware may not support > booting to this disk. Ensure tht the disk's controller is enabled in the > computer's BIOS menu." I had no trouble previously installing Vista on this > computer on a different SATA 500 GB drive. In fact the previous > installation was a breeze. I formatted each of the new drives in Vista > before swapping them in for installtion. Anyone have an idea what is going > on? > At the beginning of the install you are asked if you need to install additional drivers at that time you must "feed" the installer the SATA drivers. You can put them on a USB stick. (unlike XP, Vista does not require a floppy)

Re: Vista Install Won't Recognize Hard Drives "John Barnes" <jbfoofy[ at ]nomailemail.com> 12/14/2008 12:45:03 AM I agree with andy, you should use the advanced button in the where do you want to install Vista to delete any partitions, create a new partition(s) and format (will do a quick only). "andy" <bogusaddress[ at ]bogusaddress.123> wrote in message news:4r20k4d17kcp023a234afm2r51hjimtnjp[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:52:03 -0800, "Terry Smerling" > <smerling[ at ]roadrunner.com> wrote: > >>I am having a very hard time installing Vista Home Premium to a new hard >>drive -- I have tried on three different SATA hard drives. For example, >>although my BIOS recognizes the drive (a 500 GB Maxtor), Vista's install >>program says: "Windows is uanble to find a system volume that meets its >>criteria for installation" and "This computer's hardware may not support >>booting to this disk. Ensure tht the disk's controller is enabled in the >>computer's BIOS menu." I had no trouble previously installing Vista on >>this >>computer on a different SATA 500 GB drive. In fact the previous >>installation was a breeze. I formatted each of the new drives in Vista >>before swapping them in for installtion. Anyone have an idea what is >>going >>on? > Have you tried partitioning and formatting the drive within Vista > setup, as opposed to swapping it in already formatted?