help formatting SSD

ok so I got the aspire one A110...SSD preinstalled with Windows XP....I installed a custom version of XP and although everything runs fine...I like vista way too much....I tried installing Vista today but it won't let me do it on a fat32 system....im installing via USB...I have a fat32 usb 8gb...from what I've read it has to be ntfs to make it bootable...ntfs is not an option when I quick format it how would I go about doing that...I tried the vista install onto the AA1 through the desktop....also how would I fomat my AA1 from Fat32 to NTFS performance wise how good will it run....I already did probably the hardest thing..installing 1GB of ram onto it...taking it apart was a big pain ..
so basically my questions are...
how do I format my AA1 SSF from fat32 to NTFS do I use a program or what?...
and how do I make my U3 8GB flash drive NTFS when its not an option when I quick format it...thx for the help in advance =]

 

You should be able to use a bootdisk of any flavor you like, use fdisk to remove all partitions, and then the Windows installer will partition and format the drive in NTFS.

 

Oh, and you don't have to make the flash drive NTFS.