Installing Windows XP on SATA Hard Drive

Hey. I have a maxtor 80gb SATA hard drive that I put in my new computer, and I want to install Windows XP on it. I see that the computer recognizes that it's there, but when I do the F6 process to get the drivers for Windows I cannot get anything for some reason. I hit F6, and it gets to the point where it asks me to install a disk with drivers, and I put the floppy for the VIA drivers in the drive (I'm using VIA after all I've read), and nothing happens. I don't even hear the floppy doing anything. after a few seconds of "please wait" the same screen comes up telling me to put the floppy containing the drivers in. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Also, in bios, it seems to recognize my floppy drive, since it lists it, and I can use it as a boot drive. If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Hi
What is meant is the floppy is controlled from 2 parts of bios.
1. go to advanced bios features, set floppy seek to enable, set boot sequence to floppy, CD, HDD(BB1 = SATA), enable other devices. Then go to integrated peripherals, make sure PATA IDE and SATA IDE are enabled, just below is floppy controller, enable that, then SAVE and exit,
If the floppy cable was inverted, the drive light would be on all the time, if it flickers oon and off, it is OK.
Now try the F6 routine, if it still does not work then a new copy of floppy may be needed.
Cheers
jocko

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