aminiman

(i've tried posting this on other forums, so i'm trying to give all info in the first posts, so i can get help )
Hey guys, I had just bought all the components for a brand new custom built computer, and I got a 640Gb SATA Hard Drive. I wanted to install XP on it
(not knowing anything about differences between the connections) and I tried installing it.

Went up to like 4% then it stoped copying. I got the message "Windows cant copythe file "xxxx.xx"(replace xxx.xx with a file) .

Thought something was wrong, so i put in an older HDD that i had, and it installed perfectly

I went online, looked up how to install XP on a SATA drive and I was told to put the drivers onto the windows xp CD. followed the instructions (with 2 different XP cds) and it still stops at around 3-9%.

Can I just use a program (or just straight copy) to copy all the info(including XP files) onto the SATA and it will work???? ---- edit: tried, it said that the destination drive was in use


Can anyone help me out on this? Would really appreciate it!


update:
This is BASICALLY what happens when I put in any type of XP installation CD (with the sata drivers or not)

1. Goes through normal set-up.
2. If I choose quick NTFS format, it will go from 0-20-100%. (If i choose regular NTFS format, it will stick on 0%)
3. Once passing the quick NTFS, it starts normal, then starts to slowly hang on different files, then it just stops on one item, sometimes at 2% and the max i've gone is 9%.


update:



update: tried running the windows check disk program, told me to restart and i did, i come back to see that its stuck on the last step, does that give any clues to anyone?


update: i did slipstream the drivers into the XP disk with nLite and the same thing happened