Vista DVD v USB = Missing drives?

[FatRakoon]

I just had a silly issue and its kind of bugging me.
I have tried to plop Vista onto an old PC ( Yes, I have reasons, no they are not normal ) and the ISO Images that I have with SP2 intergrated etc, simply dont see the disks in the PC... Obviously, I have also tried to point to the drivers and yes, I do have the corect drivers, but the installer simply will not work to see the disks to install Vista onto it.
Now, the DVDs that I have, are the originals that DO NOT have SP2 intergrated, but hey will at least let me chuck Vista on, and so I used the Home Premium DVD and it then moaned that it cannot install to the Disk as it was GPT formatted.
So, I have used a Linux Distro to wipe the disks for MBR and put Vista on, but then I decided to do a fresh USB Drive with the Home Prem as that sees the disks, and then on booting that, that too also does not see the disks?

So thats basically it... Booting from USB, it wont see the disks, nor let me load in teh drivers, however, booting the very same distro from DVD, does!

Quite Annoying.

I am going to now make a DVD with one of the intergrated SP2 ISOs to see if they allow the installer to see the disks again?

No question as such, but if anyone has the answers as to why this is happening, then Id like to know?

 

[FatRakoon]

No answers I'm afraid but just one question.

You know the question.

I got a genuine reason for this... I have recently been sodding about with my old ZIP Drives as I used to use them with the Atari TT and Falcon to move files to & From the PC and them.
I have not needed to until recently and I thought I would have a laugh at them again only to learn that Windows ( or Linux ) no longer supports them.

I did think they were old and broken, but they do still work.
I kind of gave up but I just fancied giving Vista a play with and have a play with the ZIP Drive again.

I do have legal Licences for Vista, I am doing nothing illegal.

 

[FatRakoon]

Not sure about vista
And been so long since used 7 or vista
But try gigabyte windows usb installation tool
Tick all 3 options
Point it to your bootable usb
It should add the required drivers to it

I have simply burned the SP2 ISO onto a DVD and its installing now.
The Mobo IS a gigabyte so I might have a play with the tool sure.

 

[FatRakoon]

That one, is the GA-F2A85XN-WIFI

Its a little ITX setup with an A10 CPU in it.
For what its worth, I put Vista SP2 onto a DVD and it instralled perfectly fine. I have NOT yet had a play with the ZIP Drive ( the whole reason for plonking Vista onto it ) but hey ho.

 

[FatRakoon]

Erm, I think that there is some confusion going on here?

There is NOTHING wrong with the USB chipset driver? - The USB ports are working just fine

It was the DISK CONTROLER that was not being used and the HARD DISKS were unavailable, when I booted from USB.

I used the very same ISO Image and when I put this onto a USB, it booted just fine but it failed to see the Hard Disks. When I then burned that very same image to DVD, it did see the hard disks.

But I NEVER had any issues with the USB itself!

 

[FatRakoon]

an easier solution is create a Window 10 setup USB and replace the USB:\sources\install.wim with the one from your Vista USB or DVD

Would that work? I suppose it could? That way, I would use a Win 10 Installer to install Vista? - Ok cool, I will give that a shot!

 

[FatRakoon]

@FatRakoon reading back through the OP. The DVD setup can see your drives and pick one for installation, but the USB installer doesn't see the drives?

If I've understood that correctly then the DVD setup (WinPE) has the drivers needed for your storage adapter. Take the boot.wim from the DVD and copy to the USB. The USB will use this image to boot and you'll be able to see your drives.

Copy DVD:\sources\boot.wim to USB:\sources\boot.wim

But the ISO is the very same ISO for both, so wouldnt the boot.wim be the same?

Ill compared the two shortly.