Problem installing XP

[quad777]

Recently bought 2 PCs,A Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz & a Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33Ghz,Could not install XP Pro as it gave a "blue screen" error...Removed Hard Drives from the new PCs and put them on my older Pentium4 system to install the XP Pro OS,Which worked perfectly even after i put the Hard Drives back into the newer PCs... What would be the cause of the OS not to install on the newer PCs???
The XP Pro OS i used did not have a Service Pack on it

 

[aford10]

Were the drives SATA?

 

[quad777]

yes both drives were SATA, but , only until i put the drives onto the older pentium4 system did they work out fine but refused installing on the newer PCs

 

[aford10]

Look in the BIOS and make sure ACHI is enabled. It should look similar to this
http://www.chotocheeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sata-mode-ide-raid.png

 

[quad777]

I will definately try that out,thanks for the help really appreciate it....This gonna make me seem more stupid than i already am but i forgot to mention that after having the problem on the newer PCs i took it back to the store i purchased it from to see what the problem could have been...They loaded their Windows XP Pro with service pack2 and it worked out fine,the version of windows i used did not have service pack....so im thinking,could the lack of service pack on my windows disc be a problem???

 

[aford10]

Yes, SP2 has SATA drivers on it. You can preload them off a bootable floppy in the windows install by pressing f6 at the beginning of the install.

 

[quad777]

Thanks alot for the help really appreciate it Just one more question,is it possible to merge XP Pro and Service Pack2 into a single disc so it that works as a "XP Pro with SP2" install disc

 

[aford10]

yes, it's called slipstreaming.

Here's a walkthrough on how it's done. You can slipstream the disc with SP2 or SP3, it's your choice.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_slipstream_windows_xp_sp3_and_vista_sp1