SATA set up to intall windows

Greetings, I need to install Windows XP on a clean SATA drive (after my old IDE drive failed). Having real problems getting Windows to recognise the SATA drive – here is my spec:

Aopen AK77600GN motherboard with SATA support (SATA drive recognised by mobo)

Athlon 1700+ processor, 512 mb ram, cd rom drive, floppy.

Any help gratefully appreciated.