Problems with doing a clean install on Vista

I can't the cleaninstall on an old computer.  I bought a used computer which had its hard drive has been erased.   There a license key valid window vista.  When I try to install vista on a CD, I am able to click on the button to install vista, but I get this error meesage, ' load the driver: A required CD/DVD drive driver is missing. "  If you have a floopy, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive driver disc, please insert it now.

Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD, you can remove it safely for this step. »

I click ok.  In the section: select the driver to install.  is listed.  Help please.  I tried to download the new driver for the DVD-ROM drive, which are .exe files and I can't seem to run in the BACK.

Thanks in advance.

Apparently, the hard drive was bad.  Once I swapped in a new hard drive, I was able to install without problems.

Lesson learned... check your hard drive.

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