[QUOTE=bblaze;581768]the problem here is that it's got a SATA drive and there's no SATA driver for it on the XP install.. if you REALLY want xp on it, you'll need to goto the mobo manufacturers site and get their SATA drive and embed it onto a windows xp disk.. QUOTE]

This is kinda what I thought I was going to have to do, would explain why it cant see the drives after copying the files. Just gotta ID the SATA controller and get the driver...

As it goes Ive uninstalled all the sh!t that came bundled on it and with 2GB ram its running pretty sweetly, it just refuses to run final scratch and I havent tried Logic yet but not holding out much hope :o(