Disk read error - XP on a new ATA WD HD

[gg_gg]

hi,

I've just replaced my old HD with a new ATA WD5000AAKS hard drive on an ASUS K8N board.
Tried to install a fresh XP SP2 (from CD), created a NTFS partition, formatted and installed XP.

After the first boot, I get the message "Disk read error, press CTRL+DELETE".
I do have an access to the HD, see the files but it won't boot.
The new HD is detected by the BIOS it is on the boot list.

I already tried: fixmbr, fixboot, chkdsk /R
I do have the latest BIOS ver (however it is already 1 year old)
Any idea how to proceed??

Many thanks
Gil

 

[k2gremlin]

Have you checked to make sure that the sata ports are still enabled in the bios??

 

[gg_gg]

they are enabled, I do have an access to the HD but it won't boot