Neither Vista or XP will install on newly built PC

[No Skill]

Im trying to install vista from a freshly built PC i get to the point of choosing which drive to install Vista to and i select the HDD and it refuses to format it, any ideas?

[Steve R Jones]

Try going into the BIOS and look for an option to set the SATA drives to IDE mode.

[No Skill]

Thanks, I'm not actually 100% sure what the problem is it reads "To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media conatining the driver files, andthen click OK.
Note: The installation media can be a floppy disk, CD, DVD or USB flash drive"

I've also tried installing XP SP2 but the install loops again and again after rebooting.

[No Skill]

First up my problem with XP SP2 Home Edition, i get through the disk format and the system files installs before it forces a reboot and repeats the process.

Then with vista I get up to choosing the install media and an error displays reading "To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media conatining the driver files, andthen click OK.
Note: The installation media can be a floppy disk, CD, DVD or USB flash drive"
Thanks for any help.

[Steve R Jones]

Please contact a moderator and ask him to merge ALL of your threads...You have several going on the same issue.

[Steve R Jones]

If these are new cd's/dvd's then try a different drive.

[No Skill]

ye i know sorry just thought putting it in the OS forum might make a difference :S

[RicheemxX]

I think I've got them merged now, so please stop creating new threads for the same issue. One thread per topic regardless of which forum. If you need it moved just PM one of the mods and we can get that handled no problem.