New SATA Drive

I have a Dell Dimension XPS Gen2 desktop that I just got done installing a
new sata hard drive on sata0 port, and put a clean install of win xp pro. I
have done all the service pack 2 updates. I have raid disabled in my bios,
and I am trying to reinstall a secondary sata drive on sata1 port. I just
want this to be a slave drive for storage. When I connect the drive, and turn
the “second sata drive� to “on� in my bios, everything starts up just fine.
When I log onto windows, the os tries to install the hard drive, and then
just restarts. Not log off and shut down, but just quickly reboots right
then. I have installed many drives before, and usually windows will install
the drive, and then I continue on the disk management where I initialize it.
Is it much different installing a sata drive compared to a ata? I even booted
from the disk that came with the drive and formatted it from there, but once
windows gets a hold of it, reboot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks