You will need SATA drivers for that hdd unless you can set the controller to IDE mode in the BIOS. XP does not have drivers for SATA drives.
Providing you are using an XP install disk with at least SP2 applied to it, you won't need the sata drivers. I've installed XP sp3 many times on sata systems and never needed the sata drivers. Only when running raid or ahci mode do you need them.
If it can't copy certain files over then either its a bad cd(scratches) or you have a memory issue. Is the cd scratched?
When there are smudges/fingerprints on a cd I basically run water over it and then take a paper towel and wipe it dry.
When there are smudges/fingerprints on a cd I basically run water over it and then take a paper towel and wipe it dry.
You might not have an issue with the SP1 disk. All you can do is try it and see. If the install doesn't detect a hard drive to install to then you most likely will need the sata controller driver.
Download and create a memtest cd and boot to it and test your ram. As said earlier, this usually means one or more of your sticks of memory has errors on it.
http://www.memtest86.com/memtest86-4.0a.iso.zip
unzip it, use burning software to write the image file to a cd and then boot to it. The test will automatically start running. Don't just copy the file to a cd as it won't work. You must write the image file to a cd. IMGburn or ISO burner is free software that will do the job if you don't have any.
Yes Nero will work. And yes, try the new memory first.
Yes Nero will work. And yes, try the new memory first.