After formatting the hard drive, I used this tool called WinNTSetup in a Windows PE environment, and then copied all of the Windows 2000 setup files (with SATA drivers, ofc) with the tool on to my hard drive.
After a restart it just booted into the blue screen setup thing, and it did everything by itself.
It worked, but the USB ports didn't. I eventually just got myself a better computer for this from eBay, but maybe you'd have more luck with it.
it's been more than a year already, i doubt you're still working on it, but i hope it helps someone else at least