I have found out that can install directly on to the sata drive as long as the ide drive is not connected to the ide port
I also had the same problem when isatlling Window XP when I checked out the stop code in the internet <code> [i]Stop:0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE The Stop 0x7B message indicates that Windows XP has lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process. Installing incorrect device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware typically causes stop 0x7B errors. Stop 0x7B errors could .......[/i] </code> So I took out the IDE HDD and it installed without any problems on the 1st sata drive This message posted from opensolaris.org