New Installation Problem

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From: Cam Goodman (Goodman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:35:08 -0700

After installing Windows XP Professional my system will not start up without
giving me a Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter. It starts
up fine after doing this. I have recently installed SP2 and I can no longer
reinstall from my original disk although I can still boot from it when
needed. Can anybody help?

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