"UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Here's what fixed my problem

I have been unable to load winXP on a new system. (MSI KT3 ultra, AMD XP 2000+, 512mb crucial DDR, WD 80GB, MSI GF2mx-400, Antec 300watt PS)
The system would boot to the XP cd fine, it would format the HD without problems, however, upon rebooting, the PC would blue screen and give the error "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
I tried everything that I could think of...
I updated the BIOS,
tried new HD,
tried new ATA 100 cable,
tried new CDROM
tried new CDROM drive
tried removing all components
tried clearing CMOS
nothing helped.
I came here to let everyone know what fixed the problem in my case.
For some reason, the HD was set to run in "16 bit mode". I'm not sure why it was set there, but it stayed there after a BIOS flash and clearing of the CMOS.
Anyway, after changing that to "32 bit mode" it worked fine.
I was at my wit's end when I finally noticed the setting in the BIOS.
I hope that I can help someone else avoid the headache!!!

hmm...I saw that you recommended no jumpers when the HD is in a stand-alone mode, but when I tried that, the drive wasn't recognized by the BIOS.
It only worked when the jumper was in the default position from the factory. Notice that I said default, the HD had a position labeled "master", but it wouldn't recognize there either.
I guess that only time will tell if I'm going to have other problems. At this point, it doens't seem likely. The system is solid as a rock with the drive in "32bit" mode. I can't explain it, but it did fix my situation.
Thanks for the reply!
BTW- I thought a little more about your post...
Let me preface this by saying this: I am in no way an expert when it comes to the low level things happening here.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q297185&
If the drive was attempting to run in 16 bit mode, would that make it act like it was on a 40 pin cable instead of a 80pin?
Like I said before, the drive would partition out, format, run scandisk thoroughly do everything fine in DOS, but when I attempted to load XP, after the initial file transfer it would return the error, almost like it was attempting to access the drive in a mode that the BIOS wouldnt' support.
What do you think?

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