Im trying to install Vista business. At the screen where you select what drive/partition you would like to install vista to, I keep getting "Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation." I formatted two different disks, and created (with the vista install dvd) brand new partitions and neither one will work. I followed the instructions in the support article to clean the partition and ensure that it is active… no go.
The best part, this is just a reinstall. I had vista running on this HD earlier today. I know I didn't need to install any special drivers last time. Are both of my drives bad (diskpart.exe says they are both healthy)? Is there anything else I can try?
Note: Previously I had vista installed on a smaller partition on the same drive, now I'm trying to install it on one large partition.
Best Answer
A quick Google Search for that error message turns up these plausible options.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927520
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938984
If they don't help try this
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Windows+is+unable+to+find+a+system+volume+that+meets+its+criteria+for+installation&src=IE-SearchBox&Form=IE8SRC
It's probably also worth checking that the drive you're trying to install on is the Master drive if it's IDE (rather than the slave drive) you could try plugging the drive into a different port too and maybe try swapping cables you might have a bad connection somewhere