NTLDR is missing error after fresh install of Win XP VM

[Mark LaPierre]

Hey all,

Fedora 13 clean install
Gnome desktop

[mlapier at mushroom ~]$ uname -a
Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.34.7-66.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Dec 15 
07:21:49 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I just finished installing a Win XP VM using the Virtual Machine Manager 
GUI.  After the initial installation step the VM wants to restart to 
complete the installation.  I stopped the VM and set the boot order to 
CD then HD.  That restart went well and the installation completed about 
3:00 this morning.

When I was setting up the VM I selected the Windows type and the Win XP 
subtype.

I reset the boot order to HD then CD.  When I tried to start the VM 
after the install was complete it complained that it couldn't find the 
CD ISO image because I had taken the CD out of the drive.  That would 
make sense seeing that the installation was complete.  I deleted the CD 
drive from the VM hardware.  That solved the missing CD ISO problem but 
now there's the


Booting from Hard Disk...

NTLDR is missing
Press and key to restart

When I press "any key", that would be the really wide one at the bottom 
of the key board, the above message is repeated each time I press the 
"any key".

I tried formatting the virtual disk with the NT file system and with the 
FAT file system.  I get the same result so that's not the issue.

I've installed VM's off this Win XP installation disk in the past on 
earlier Fedora versions and they would boot up so I know it's not the 
install disk.  I've tried everything I can think of or find on Google 
searches and I'm getting really tired of three hour Win XP install sessions.

Does anyone have an idea what's wrong with this set up?
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