When I try to install, it gives me:

" You must make the following changes before installing Windows
Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated
driver software for these devices:
Your computer is not compatible with Windows Vista, so Windows Vista cannot
be installed.
"

Now this is a nice error, telling me exactly whats wrong </sarcasm>

Running the advisor tool tells me that I don't have a big enough HDD, which
is true in terms of my C:\ drive only having a few GB free. However, I want
to install Vista to my S:\ drive (20GB), but I can't get into the installer,
to do anything.

Help appriciated and needed asap.

Thanks.

Before the installer can see your S: drive you may need to supply a hard
disk controller driver on the screen where you see the Load Drivers button.
Since you did not give any information about your machine at all, I cannot
tell.

If S: is an external usb or firewire drive you cannot use it.

"giggsey" <giggsey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F433354-4ABE-4DE2-8A55-FCB1A6258703@microsoft.com...
> When I try to install, it gives me:
>
> " You must make the following changes before installing Windows
> Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated
> driver software for these devices:
> Your computer is not compatible with Windows Vista, so Windows Vista
> cannot
> be installed.
> "
>
> Now this is a nice error, telling me exactly whats wrong </sarcasm>
>
> Running the advisor tool tells me that I don't have a big enough HDD,
> which
> is true in terms of my C:\ drive only having a few GB free. However, I
> want
> to install Vista to my S:\ drive (20GB), but I can't get into the
> installer,
> to do anything.
>
> Help appriciated and needed asap.
>
> Thanks.

I can get to S:\ via My Compoter in Windows, and its a slave drive with a
20GB partition.

Im using a virtual drive as well, since I don't have a DVD burner, so it
doesn't ask anything from me before giving that "helpful" error.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Before the installer can see your S: drive you may need to supply a hard
> disk controller driver on the screen where you see the Load Drivers button.
> Since you did not give any information about your machine at all, I cannot
> tell.
>
> If S: is an external usb or firewire drive you cannot use it.
>
> "giggsey" <giggsey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3F433354-4ABE-4DE2-8A55-FCB1A6258703@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to install, it gives me:
> >
> > " You must make the following changes before installing Windows
> > Close Windows installation and contact the device manufacturer for updated
> > driver software for these devices:
> > Your computer is not compatible with Windows Vista, so Windows Vista
> > cannot
> > be installed.
> > "
> >
> > Now this is a nice error, telling me exactly whats wrong </sarcasm>
> >
> > Running the advisor tool tells me that I don't have a big enough HDD,
> > which
> > is true in terms of my C:\ drive only having a few GB free. However, I
> > want
> > to install Vista to my S:\ drive (20GB), but I can't get into the
> > installer,
> > to do anything.
> >
> > Help appriciated and needed asap.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>