OS won't load from ide hd during boot

I recently purchased an k8n neo platinum mobo and got it all hooked up and ready to go. I intended on using the hd from my old system which already had set up windows xp pro with service pack 2 installed. I was then going to install another copy of xp on another hd and use the old hd until I got the new one all set up and ready to go. I turned on the system and the boot sequence appeared to go fine until I arrived at the point when os should have started from my ide hd. I received the message "error loading os." I thought I would try another hd and try a fresh install of windows xp pro. This appeared to work just fine until the first reboot after copying files on the hd. At this point the system boot cycled normally until the same point as the first hd but I got the message "no os installed." I also tried to install windows 98se but the same thing happened. I checked with each configuration and the bios does indeed see my hds. I went into dos mode and was able to view the contents of the drives as well. I simply cannot get the os to load. I have carefully watched the hd led on the front of the case. It lights up when I first turn the computer on, runs during the startup picture, and never comes on again. It's as though the mobo loses the ability to control it after a bit.
Here are the specks. the only things on the mobo are ultra ddr 400 256 ram, an Nvidia tnt2 pro video card with 32 mb ram, an hp cd rw, and an maxtor 80 gb hard drive. (these are the specs from the fresh install). I only work with one hd at a time. The other hd is also a maxtor 120 gb (with windows xp preloaded.
PS. Yes I have successfully loaded os from hd from other computers on new systems MANY MANY times before. It does work. You just have to install all the new drivers once windows starts and sees new hardware (just as though you have just added new hardware). Try it, it does work.
any help would be great

At the risk of becoming repetitive - If you are doing a fresh install, it is often less error-prone to only have the drive you are installing onto connected whilst you install - connect the other(s) afterwards.
Of course your old drive wouldn't boot into the OS- did you really expect it to? It would have had a load of device drivers (amongst other stuff) from your old system on it.

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