3188: Vista upgrade - missing Standard PC driver?

[zero88a]

I'm having problems upgrading to Vista from XP SP2 with build 3188.
After doing Actions > Prepare Windows Vista Upgrade, I go through the Vista Business Upgrade install process. After selecting what drive to install on, I get the error 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Windows needs the driver for device [Standard PC]. Click "Load drivers" and load the required device driver.' I don't know why the installer can't see the driver files (though I can see them in the system32 folder). Even when I try the 'Load Drivers' from the XP install disc, the Vista installer hangs while trying to read the disc, so this route is not possible.

I had tried this with 4 fresh XP installs, as well as with build 3170; no luck.

Anyone have any ideas what is causing this problem?

Thanks.

 

[Stevamundo]

Your hero is here! Actually darkone is the hero.

I had the exact same problem that you all are having. Then darkone gave me this link: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

I followed its instructions and it worked. At least for me anyway.

They say no news is good news. However did that link work for you as it did for me?

 

[Lessien]

Resolving the "Standard PC" Problem

I was also running into the "Standard PC" driver problem but resolved it this afternoon.

I downloaded Vista from Windows Marketplace and so did not have a bootable DVD, which causes the "Standard PC" error, I believe. There are good instructions on how to create a bootable ISO (if you have all of the other Vista files) available here.

Note: the actual command line should include forward slashes (i.e. "Vista\boot\etfsboot.com", "C:\Vista" and "C:\Vistax86.iso")

Follow the directions posted earlier from Paul Thurott's site.

With a bootable ISO / DVD, everything should work with no "Standard PC" driver missing error.