NTLDR is missing

I am installing a brandnew EIDE hard drive (to a P-II 233Mhz MMX from 1997),
Western Digital 250GB, 8MB Cache, WDCaviar. I formated with the enclosed
CDROM but I was unable to boot it from a bootable WindowXP Pro CDROM (yes, I
tested with other box and it booted), error message:

Verifying DMI Pool Data .....
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

So I figure it was the BIOS (Award Module BIOS v4.51 PG)


Under STANDARD CMOS SETUP, under 'Hard Disks' I change selected 'Auto' for
'Type', and 'Large' for 'Mode', all other components "SIZE, CYLS, HEAD,
PRECOMP, LANDZ, SECTOR' automatically have '0's as values.

When I reboot from C: drive, I got the following screen:

Co-Processor: Installed Extended Memory: 97280K
CPU Clock: 233Mhz Cache Memory: 512K
Diskette Drive A: 1.44M, 3.5in Display Type : EGA/VGA
Diskette Drive B: None Serial Port(s) : 3F8 2F8
Pri. Master Disk : LRG, UDMA 5, 8455MB Parallel Port(s) : 378
Pri. Slave Disk : None EDO RAM at Row : None
Sec. Master Disk : CDROM, Mode 4 SDRAM DRAM at Row : 0 1 2
Sec. Slave Disk : None

PCI device listing ...
Bus No. Device No. Func No. Vendor ID Device ID
Device Class IRQ
0 7 1 8086
7111 IDE Controller 14
0 7 1 8086
7112 Serial Bus Controller 11
1 1 0 1023
9750 Displat Controller NA


Verifying DMI Pool Data .....

A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
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I selected 'User' for 'Type', and 'Large' remains for 'Mode', all other
components "SIZE=8452, CYLS=2047, HEAD=128, PRECOMP=65535, LANDZ=16382,
SECTOR=63' automatically set to above values.

When I reboot from C: drive, I got the following screen

Verifying DMI Pool Data .....
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Essentially I got this same screens after rebooting when I changed to other
parameters for 'Type' and 'Mode' combination
===
When I boot from a bootalbe floppy created with the enclosed Data Lifeguard
Tools CDROM, I got the error message:
"Cannot load DOS! Any key to retry"
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When I boot from a bootalbe floppy 'with diagnostic option' created with the
enclosed Data Lifeguard Tools CDROM, the graphics "Western Digital" showed
up on the screen then I got the error message:
Physical media Errormemory, please wait ...
Command or filename not recognized

Please remove the CD and/or Floppy Diskette
Press any key to reboot your system
=====
When I boot from a MS-DOS startup disk (made from a Windows XP Home box), I
got error msg

Verifying DMI Pool Data .....
Starting ...
The following file is missing or corrupted: COMMAND.COM
Type the name of the Command Interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)
A>
===

Please help!


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