Installing Win XP on P35 Chipset

Check the hdd SATA connection,assume the hdd is SATA. Some mobo have connectors designated for RAID. Also connect to the first SATA connector, probably designated as 0. I'd disconnect the 2nd DVD ROM until after install. If ATA make sure it's set as Master on the first data cable and connected at the top of the cable

Well, after two nights in a row trying to install XP, again, it didn't work
Disconnected everything and connected just one DVD drive and the only HDD Sata on SATA0, and again, when XP finish loading the initial drivers, it says that doesn't detect an HDD unit and can't continue.
Pressing F6 doesn't work, pressing F2 for a recovery installation doesn't work either because there is not a floppy drive.

One thing that bothers me is that the bundle pack contains a floppy labeled:
Intel Matrix Storage Technology
RAID/AHCI Driver
for Intel Desktop Board
for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista 32-bit editions only
BLACK SATA CONNECTORS version 7.5.0.1017 D10285-002

I think this could be for the external SATA (Correct me if I'm wrong)
But I'm going to use it if I can found an External Floppy Drive and try, again, to install XP

in my rig? No. I couldn't reach that part.
There is a initial part when asks for F6 for Sata drivers (if there is a non-Intel Mobo) or F2 for Recovering, etc. and after that is the part when Installing asks you for a partition and a format NTFS, I can't do Windows go thru that. It stops before that saying that there is not an HDD connected.

I did that in my nephews computer, and it did a complete NTFS format and an install w/o problems, put back the HDD in my rig to finish the installation (mobo drivers, additional software, etc) but when XP logo appears, it reboots, and reboots, and reboots.

So, tired with that, I decided to install Vista (in my rig) in order to see if there was a wire connected wrong (or something else), but Vista did a complete installation w/o problems, thats why i can't understand.

I really don't remember.
I just care about BIOS detecting everything (RAM, HDD, DVD's, Proc., GC)
Let me check that tonight, thanks

But, shouldn't be the same kind of problem when installing Vista?
I mean, Vista, like XP, loads several important drivers before beginning its installation, so, if Xp doesn't detect an HDD to be install, with Vista shouldn't be the same?

Problem resolved...

Yep, it was that... the confusion was that there isn't an "enable" or "disable" thing, it is an option between IDE, SATA or AHCI, and SATA was logical to me, I was nerver thinking that it was for RAID, so, there are always something to learn about.

Thanks a lot !!!