boot up help

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I recently have put together a customized PC, and have already installed
Windows Xp. However, I was trying to update my Ethernet Controller on my
motherboard by using the Intel site. When I ran the LAN driver update, I was
told to restart the computer. However, now when I start up the PC I get a
message to insert boot disk. I never received a boot disk with my
motherboard, all I received was an Intel Application Accelerator 3.0 Raid
Edition 'Raid Driver' for Intel Desktop Boards, which doesn't seem to help.
For now, I'm stuck in DOS and can't get past the boot disk message, and I
can't enter Windows. I tried reinstalling windows over the C: partition, but
after that was finished and I restarted, the boot disk message pops up again.
Is there a site online to create a boot disk, or is there some other way to
fix this problem?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

It is possible the BIOS is not detecting your hard drive
so it dose not see your operating system. If this was the
case I am not sure how you were able to reinstall Windows
the 2nd time. Just to be sure enter your BIOS and see if
it is detecting your hard drive and all the parameters of
that drive are correct. Also check the boot order and
make sure your Drive is listed as one of the options. Try
making it the first or even only boot option.