Here is what happens: I insert the cd into my cd-rom drive. It boots into text mode. It installs perfectly fine and restarts the computer. When it reboots, it says "press any key to boot from cd", which I don't do. I go to a blue screen (not BSOD) and it looks like its loading up the GUI. But, it just spontaneously restarts. This time it comes up with the splash screen with "Windows XP" in the corner and says, "Setup is now restarting.....................", goes to the initial blue screen, restarts and does it again. I don't have any integrated SATA drivers, so it isn't that.