cannot find suitable drive install

When I try to install Vista in bootable mode,I can reach the point when the installer asks me where I want to install the OS but there is an empty window with no selections possible!!!Even if I try the advanced options everything is grey and cannot select anything.The only thing I can do is to load appropriate drivers for the HDD device, but seems strange to me since I already installed the Windows Xp on the same computer!!! Thanks .Linus

Hello, I have the same problem, I can't find on the web the good driver for my HD-SATA : "winxp Promise SATA378 (tm) IDE Controller".
"Linust" wrote:

When I try to install Vista in bootable mode,I can reach the point when the installer asks me where I want to install the OS but there is an empty window with no selections possible!!!Even if I try the advanced options everything is grey and cannot select anything.The only thing I can do is to load appropriate drivers for the HDD device, but seems strange to me since I already installed the Windows Xp on the same computer!!! Thanks .Linus

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 04:57 -0700, Linust wrote:

When I try to install Vista in bootable mode,I can reach the point when the installer asks me where I want to install the OS but there is an empty window with no selections possible!!!Even if I try the advanced options everything is grey and cannot select anything.The only thing I can do is to load appropriate drivers for the HDD device, but seems strange to me since I already installed the Windows Xp on the same computer!!! Thanks .Linus

I'm getting the same error message, but I *do* have a drive listed. I can even create a partition and format it using the advanced settings, but I can't select it as the installation location.
I do get a warning that Windows may not be able to boot the drive, and to check the controller BIOS. This is because the drive is SCSI and connected to an add-in controller. But I know it'll have no trouble booting, as all I have is SCSI disks in the machine. I even tried installing with just this one drive, still the Vista installer says it can't find a suitable drive.
What is Windows looking for as suitability?