h/drive will not open on new motherbord+cpu?

ok, cheers
will try and get disc..

mojo
April 2005

You need to install a fresh copy of XP, you can't just use the installation from your old PC, the hardware is all different. So you're going to need an XP CD.

Colonel Blinky
April 2005

i"ve been told the h/drive is not Sata.....any other suggestions that i could try...i do not have the disc to re-install, as it was on comp when purchased

mojo
April 2005

I reckon you've got a SATA hard drive. You need to obtain the SATA driver for your motherboard, and install it DURING the XP setup:
Copy driver to floppy disk
Reboot the PC with the XP disk inserted.
XP setup will begin
When the blue screen appears press F6 to install a 3rd party driver (this happens very early in the process and you have little time to action it, so watch closely)
XP will search the floppy for the driver, and hopefully load it.
The disk should then be available.

Colonel Blinky
April 2005