Installing a 200gb hd??

[Gary Pandher]

do i need a ide controller?...what are they

 

[Gary Pandher]

i didn't press F6 didn't load any drivers..and it freezes up on me when getting to that "Setup is starting Windows" part

 

[fimchick]

The IDE controller is on your mobo. There are generally two of them located right next to each other, one is the Primary IDE and the other is the Secondary IDE. You plug in your main hdd and the hdd cable into the Primary IDE slot. Refer to your mobo manual on how to determine which slot is which (usually they say 1 and 2 next to them)

 

[Gary Pandher]

i've got that connected properly and everything..i took out the vid card and the HD now..and trying to load from the xp cd but it still stops at "Setup is starting Windows"

 

[fimchick]

Unplug absolutely everything. The only thing you should have in your system is the CPU, RAM, the HDD and the CDROM that is loading the OS (make sure the CDROM cable is connected to the other IDE controller, the secondary one). No sound cards, network cards, other cdrom's, hdd's or anything *at all*. If you have onboard video, then pull out your video card and use the onboard one.