braindead setup when upgrading from XP

Maybe MS did not think about this one when coding the setup, but it seems so
blindingly obvious to me. If anyone knows how I go about suggesting it to
the powers that be, please let me know.

Anyway, I can install Vista onto an older IDE disk. After the install it
cannot use my Belkin Pre-N wireless PCMCIA card nor has the drivers for the
ULI M1575 or Silicon image SIL3112 raid controllers. If I connect the
machine via RJ-45 to the router, Vista goes to windows update grabs the
drivers installs and them.

However, if I run an upgrade from a working XP install, Vista does it's
checks and says it does not like the above drivers, and I need to get Vista
compatable ones before it installs. But this is what kills me. When running
the upgrade it has an Internet connection. It goes and gets "updated setup
files" from the net for cripes sake. Why can it not go to Vista update and
grab the required drivers, and store them for use in the install? I know
they are there, as I explained above. It's catch-22 I cannot install Vista
on the raid disks, because I need Vista installed to get the drivers.

JD