installation stalls

I am installing Vista on a clean hard drive. The install seems to go fine until the reboot when it stalls on the initial splash screen. I have waited as long as 10 minutes but it never changes. Do I just need to wait longer. Do I need to install drivers when I format the HD. I tried that but I couldn't get the installation program to recognize my driver restore disk that came with my computer. How can I get the drivers I need? I am trying to intall Vista on a Sony VAIO PVC-RX450 desktop with 512MB of RAM and a 1GB AMD processor.

Hard disk controller drivers (if not in firmware) should also be available on the manufacturer's website. You probably only need to point the Load Drivers function to the folder containing driver, not the driver itself. Copy the driver package to a thumb drive and pointing Load Drivers to it might also work.
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I am installing Vista on a clean hard drive. The install seems to go fine until the reboot when it stalls on the initial splash screen. I have waited as long as 10 minutes but it never changes. Do I just need to wait longer. Do I need to install drivers when I format the HD. I tried that but I couldn't get the installation program to recognize my driver restore disk that came with my computer. How can I get the drivers I need? I am trying to intall Vista on a Sony VAIO PVC-RX450 desktop with 512MB of RAM and a 1GB AMD processor.