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I am having the same problem. I have set my boot order in every conceivable way, to no avail. I am using the same HDD I have had for 3 years, and it isn't dead. Once I get the error, I put in the OS disk and it boots whatever it may need and starts the system up. Here's what caused the problem: I installed a RAID card in anticipation of my switch to a new mobo. XP didn't recognize the drive, or my second drive until XP was loaded (with a floppy that contained NTLDR, NTDETECT, and boot.ini)
So, I figure: That's easy, I need to change the boot.ini to reflect the change in address. It made no difference. I used Recovery console and did fixmbr after thinking the boot record by chance needed to be corrected, still nothing. I reconfigured. My RAID card functions as an IDE controller (which will handle my CD-ROM drives) I'm running my HDD's on the new mobo IDE and CD-ROM's on the card.
Needless to say, I have even gone so far as to repair the copy of XP I have by "Upgrading" from the OS disk, and now it doesn't boot from the floppy, it will only boot if I use the OS disk, and have the boot order (logically) set to: Floppy, CD-ROM, HDD.
I'm running out of ideas, and patience, no less. Wondering if anyone has any ideas, I haven't thought of. (Preferrably, without repartitioning the HDD, which will cause data loss. I like clean installs, but this one's clean enough)
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