can't install xp on sata drive

[jakeduke]

I bought a new Seagate SATA drive and I'm trying to install XP on it. I install the drivers from a floppy during install, but after the first part of setup (when you reboot), my computer just goes back to the beginning of XP setup again. So I go like this:

1)Begin XP setup
2)Install SATA drives/specify drive formatting
3)restart
4)Begin XP setup

Anybody have a clue why this is happening? I manually changed the boot order to have my HDD be ahead of my cdrom drive, and I got a disk read error. This is pretty much the limits of my modest computer tech abilities, so I'd love to hear any suggestions for other things to try. My mobo is an epox 9NDA3J

EDIT: I have a jumper in the drive where it's supposed to be so it'll work w/ my mobo.