vista can not install on sata

I've just bought a ASUS P5N32-E SLI plus. Now I want to install windows vista. So I put the DVD in the drive and begin the install but when i get to the part where vista is supposed to find some drivers, it finds nothing. It then says that I have to put in a media (USB, floppy, cd or DVD) with the drivers on and either let it search for them on the media or I can point out where the files are myself. Either way nothing happens, I can't get any kind of driver to work.
The CD that came with the motherboard contains drivers, but vista can't recognize them when I put in the CD or when I extract them and put them on an USB key. I've downloaded some drivers from ASUS' side and also from nvidia's side, but I can't get anything to work
Q6600 4gb ocz Gold Edition 2x250gb sata hdd msi8800gts320

yer have got it formated as basic and NTFS i had to format it in xp as vista would not let me do anything with it

I had a very similar problem. Coronaz is right on - make sure your bios can see it first off.

I suggest you get on the phone with your motherboard tech support to rule out user error rather quickly, rather than banging your head against the wall. I sure wish I had done that earlier.

Microsoft's research engineers are spending 3 days trying to figure out why Vista won't recognize my SATA drive as a valid location to install the OS. Maybe you have the same, frustratingly rare, problem.