Ok what you need to do, is take the Good CD Drive out of the other computer , put it in to the Computer your trying to set up.
put the Hard Drive in The same computer.
For this i would put them both on separate cables to Each IDE Port and have them bout as masters , but thats just me.
Then Try to install again
You can format during the windows install when it asks where you want to put Windows, and then ask what format you want, ie
NTFS
NTFS(quick)
FAT32
FAT(quick)
i pick NTFS
Here let me explain a little better.
Im gonna label my computer parts.
1. Hard Drive 1(the 1 thats formatted and i want to install windows in)
2. Hard Drive 2(the 1 that has windows install and works perfectly fine)
3. Computer 1(This computer uses Hard Drive 1)
4. Computer 2(This computer uses Hard Drive 2 and works fine)
I formatted Hard Drive(1) to install and older version of windows, but When im trying to install windows from the cd it goes fine at first.
I boot Computer(1) off the cd and right after i accept to the terms and condition it says ''Press enter when cd is in drive''
I press enter and it says please wait, Then at the top it says cannot read cd or not a valid windows cd.
So i thought Computer(1)'s cd drive wasnt working, and I took the Hard Drive(1) out and put it in Computer(2) to test if it would install in there.
I set Hard Drive(1) as master and it does the same exact thing, but When I take out the Hard Drive(1) and put Hard Drive(2) back in. It boots and installs fine.
So its not really having a problem with the windows cd its something with Hard Drive(1) other wise it would have said the samething on Hard Drive(2)
Do u get what im saying?