Mega PC865 DELUXE - Problems installing Windows XP Home SP2

Hi - I have a PC865 Deluxe - (celeron 2.8ghz Celeron, 512mb Crucial Ram) - and a Maxtor S-ATA 80GB hard drive - trying to install windows XP Home Edition - and it boots from CD rom and starts the Windows Setup - but it the windows install fails to recognize the hard drive, I've also tried with a seagate 80GB ATA drive and it fails to find that too.
The bios is recognizing the drives fine - just the windows install fails (and as a result eventually comes up saying Unable to mount boot volume).
I have tried the hard drives in another pc (emachines) and windows is quite happy to start installing on that one - just not on the MEGA PC 865. Is this a case of updating the bios to 1.3 - or is there any other possible cause.
Any help would be much appreciated
BB

Many thanks for all your help,
I have just tried a new seagate drive 120GB - and its now installing fine. Thanks for the advice its helped me lot - can now enjoy the new box.
BB

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