Thanks Jephree

It is win xp pro

Full versio XP on a brand spankin new HD, and it is the ONLY HD in there.

Clean install is being chosen, ntfs is a check, partitioning through the partition option in the Win XP install CD.

It is a standard IDE, and i just plugged it into the board to get it going. Which manufacturers diagnostic? For the HD or the Motherboard?

Let me try unplugging the second CD drive.

Cheers!