Trouble installing OS

[rannoch]

Hello

I'm having this problem
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q217073&) where I
can't get past the setup screen when trying to install a OS.

I'm running on a Abit Kt7E Motherboard; athlon t-bird 900 and the HDD where I'm trying to install the OS is a Western Digital 80gb Special Editon...

I can see and use the HDD in win2k that I'm running right now (using disk managment). But I don't want to use this disk merley as a disk storage...
I havent flashed my BIOS.

I tried installing win2k on my other WD HDD (20gb) but got the same result...

I'm beginning to wonder how I managed to get the OS I have right now to work... :p

Rest of the specs:
abit kt7e
wd 80gb se
athlon t-bird 900mhz
256 sd-ram
gf4 4200

[stool]

Welcome to the forums.
Most times the inability to complete an install is a hardware problem. Try doing an install with the absolute minimum of components in your rig(CPU, RAM, video, one HD, CDRom and/or floppy).

[rannoch]

Thanks.

I will try installing with a minimum of components. Then I might flash my bios to see if that changes anything...

[AZN]

Did that work? hows your OS install progress?
Does it freeze or screwup at the same point everytime? Is the disk clean from scratches?

AZN

[rannoch]

All is working fine now... I had to switch to PCI video card...