at the begining - sorry for my english i'm trying to install win 2k on newly bought machine and every time strange behaviour occurs Installer shows all available partitions with corect sizes but with message saying "damaged or unformated" If I format one of them installation continues and after computer restart it starts looping continously with one difference - it shows only one unformated partition with incorect size (aprox 137gb) I know how to deal with the size but even after i format this partition with default settings installator still loops. I've readed all topic about slipstreaming sata/raid drivers but even my "full" version of w2k with slipstreamed sp4, all post sp4 fixes, updates and mobo drivers cannot perform install. Even F6 procedure during installation with different drivers not helped (i know its almost the same thing but i've run out of cd's while checking all solutions that i've found on this forum ) I've also tried messing with bios settings (sata configuration compatible/enhanced-ahci/ide) and its not helping The funny thing is that standard winxp (without any fixes or sp) sees the partitions almost normally and installs itself without any problems (137gb issue can be solved after installation) here are a few details about hardware mobo: asus p5b deluxe with p965/ich8r chipset (intel matrix storage) and jmicron jmb363 controller hdd: seagate st3300602as (barracuda 7200.10 300gb) I know that the simplest way is migrate to xp but i truly hate that os and I wish there was a way to keep w2k on newer machine. any ideas what to do?