mattthepirate

Hey Thanks! I attepted what you said but I must of did it wrong. When I try to install Vista it still says I need 256 MB. What I did was cut and pasted the drivers info files and put them into the Windows PE folder then opened drvinst.

How do you path a file?

That readme says you can install it under 256 MB but you need to add the additional drivers to Windows PE. I'm asking if anyone knows how to do it. The help section is not really a help at all

I try adding the drivers from Windows Vista to Windows PE but it says you can't and at the same time thats what its saying to do Here is the readme message from the Windows Vista package In this release of "Longhorn" versions of Windows, you will be unable to install mass storage drivers by using the Load driver option on computers with less than 256 MB of memory. To work around this problem, add the additional drivers to the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) before running Setup. Refer to the Windows Automated Installation Kit for more details about adding drivers to Windows PE.

You mean on the BIOS screen right? The computer I'm using won't let into it for so reason. I hit Delete and it shows to either open XP or use a recovory thing.

So how can I install it without the ram upgrade?

Bill Gates can be really confusing ! I have Windows Vista, but it says you need a minimum of 256 MB of RAM. So I decided to give up and get more RAM. I checked the Installer notes it comes with an it says "In this release of "Longhorn" versions of Windows, you will be unable to install mass storage drivers by using the Load driver option on computers with less than 256 MB of memory. To work around this problem, add the additional drivers to the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) before running Setup. Refer to the Windows Automated Installation Kit for more details about adding drivers to Windows PE." It says you can "work around this problem" so I'm guessing you can install it. I don't understand how to install it now