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Answer» So.. I decided to upgrade my old laptop from xp to vista. Made sure that it supported it, and went and got my iso flash drive for vista I made a long time ago. Well plugged it in started it up... Ran fine. Key check! Where do I want vista? Error...... Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation... WHAT?!
I have no clue what this problem means or how to fix it, any help is greatly apprecatied.
System Specs:
146.5 Hard drive, wiped and formatted to NTFS
1.6 Intel Processor
1 G ram
8 G mircobot usb flash drive, with vista and formatted to NTFS
Any thing else that is need to help me, I will try to give youIs there an OS already on the hard drive?
Did you read this:
How to Install Windows Vista
Vista needs 15 GB or more of free space.
Don't expect Vista to resize any partition.
Vista must find a way to create a primary partition. If the existing partition is a big logical drive, it won't work.
Use a partition tool to make sure Vista can create a primary partition.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Windows Vista, you may receive the following error message:
Windows is unable to find a system volume which meets its criteria for installation.
You experience this symptom if the following conditions are true:
In the BIOS, a universal serial bus (USB) removable device is set as the start device, or the USB removable device is set to a higher priority than the first hard DISK drive in the start order.
You attach a non-bootable USB device to a USB port before you start the computer.
You try to install Windows Vista from DVD installation media.
CAUSE
This issue occurs because the Windows Vista installation must be able to write to the boot volume of the computer, and the boot volume must be non-removable to prevent later removal of the boot device. If the boot device were removed, this WOULD make it IMPOSSIBLE for Windows Vista to start. A computer is restarted several times during installation. Because the BIOS reports the USB device as the boot device, and the USB device is removable, Windows Vista Installation cannot continue. This is by design.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.
Method 1
Remove the USB removable device before you turn on the system. You may insert the device after Windows Vista installation starts.
Method 2
Change the BIOS settings so that the USB removable device has a lower priority than the internal hard disk drive and the DVD drive.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/938984
I would not have come here if I didn't research first. The mircosoft way of fixing it didn't work. And I used a "nuke" program to wipe the hard drive first.
Does it have to do with the fact it does not have a cd-rom or dvd-rom?
Quote from: shiverbob on September 19, 2015, 07:26:44 AM I would not have come here if I didn't research first. I apologise for trying to help.
I am sorry, I was up all try to fix it, and I was just MAD at the world. I am very thankful for your help.
In that it said that a non boot able usb was plugged in could cause the problem... the only things that are plugged in are the power cable, and the bootable usb drive.. I have a camera on the top of the screen. And I believe it was usb. Could that cause my problem?Did you try step by step SALMON's advice above ? ?
If not i would do so...
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