Problems again. Plz Help

[TheKeVo]

when i try to startup my comp (one in my sig, hasnt even been logged in in normal mode )
once it gets to the windows xp loading screen it just restarts and doesnt go to the log in screen
and if i go into safe mode, it shows my old hard drive but not my new one
and i have a floppy made for the sata thing to install but i cant get to that screen either (where you press f6 while installing windows)
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any suggestions help and thank you

 

[Hellbreather]

Can I just ask whether your hard drive is brand new or second hand.

I had a problem once where the hard drive was bought from someone by my dad and then that one has the Linux OS installed on it whereas my main hard drive had the XP os so we conflicted, so all I did was remove the linux hard drive and remove that OS which sloved the problem.

If it's first hand I cant really suggest anything

 

[Praetor]

when I try to startup my comp (one in my sig, hasnt even been logged in in normal mode )
once it gets to the windows xp loading screen it just restarts and doesnt go to the log in screen
and if I go into safe mode, it shows my old hard drive but not my new one
and I have a floppy made for the sata thing to install but I cant get to that screen either (where you press f6 while installing windows)

Ok lemme get this right:
1. You cant boot to windows normally
2. You cant get to the windows installtion normally?

 

[TheKeVo]

yup (to praetor)

my 80 gb hdd is new but my other one is from my old computer
but i've tried to install windows on my 80 gb hdd before cuz i was having other problems and i didnt have the sata drive on the floppy
so i havent got to the log in screen on normal mode with this comp.
also, when i try to go into safe mode with networking, when i try to log in it says that this version of windows needs to be activated and i need to go into normal mode(which i cant )