Win XP wont load

[ptim]

Bought a new Western Digital 320 gig HD, cant get win XP to setup or load.

 

[Route44]

1. Is your harddrive a SATA?

2. If so, is it placed as first bootable in your BIOS?

 

[ptim]

1. Is your harddrive a SATA?

2. If so, is it placed as first bootable in your BIOS?

The hard drive was giving me attitude, it finally loaded, after about 5 hours, it was strange, I took the hard drive out, put it back in, and it worked.

 

[Route44]

It sounds like it could have been a cable issue. Just to be on the safe side I recommend running a full harddrive diagnostics.