sata problem?

i just got my new 400 gb sata 7200.10 hdd. replacing my old 160gb sata caviar that is currently in the process of failing. when i try to install windows on my new hard drive it tells me there is no windows xp compatable partition, and when i delete the partition and make a new one it says the same thing, though it works on pata drives (and it worked on my 160 gig when i installed it). ive tried booting to windows, going to disk management, formatting to ntfs and manually making the partition active and then trying to install windows but i get the same error.
i have an asus a7n8x-e deluxe mobo, it has an nforce2 chipset.

nvm, i fixed it. i am an idiot.

>>2
op here, this guy IS an idiot.
though my hard drive still doesnt work.

>>3
what? who are YOU?

>>4
as i said, i am op.

i am the op abd >2, none of these other posters are me.

come on guys, i just need to fix my hard drive here...

>>7
Stop posing as me, I am Hieronymos!

I AM OP, HEER ME ROAR!!!

i am op, hear my hard drive NOT WORKING.

disregard that, i already fixed it myself.

hi op here, i suck cocks.

ok, i actually DID fix it now.
the only way i could get it to work was to take the old hard drive with my old install of windows on it, create a mirrored raid array with it and my new one, and then delete the raid set. now i just have to use partition magic or whatever to expand the size of the partition from 160 gigs to 400.