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Did you use existing partitions during setup or create and format them from inside setup?<br />
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If you used existing partition you may need activate the system partition.<br />
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Since you can boot to Windows using the CD go ahead and do so.<br />
1. &nbsp;Go to start then right-click &quot;My Computer&quot; and choose Manage<br />
2. &nbsp;Go to Storage &gt;&nbsp;Disk Management<br />
3. &nbsp;Righ-click the system partition (probably the C: drive) and choose &quot;Mark as active&quot;<br />
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Reboot and let us know how it works out.<br />
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Good Luck!
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Did you use existing partitions during setup or create and format them from inside setup?

If you used existing partition you may need activate the system partition.

Since you can boot to Windows using the CD go ahead and do so.
1.  Go to start then right-click "My Computer" and choose Manage
2.  Go to Storage > Disk Management
3.  Righ-click the system partition (probably the C: drive) and choose "Mark as active"

Reboot and let us know how it works out.

Good Luck!

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&nbsp; I did create new partitions during setup. <br />
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&nbsp;The &quot;Mark as active&quot; &nbsp;for C: &nbsp;is grayed out 
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  I did create new partitions during setup.

 The "Mark as active"  for C:  is grayed out

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In fact I'd check BIOS first.
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And remove any CDs, floppies, flash drives , etc
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And remove any CDs, floppies, flash drives , etc

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The Recovery console fix worked..<br />
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&nbsp;Thanks
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The Recovery console fix worked..

 Thanks

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&nbsp;A recent installation of Server 2003 . &nbsp;Used CD to install . &nbsp; BIOS boot order is HDD1, HDD2,CD &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
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&nbsp;After installation removed CD . &nbsp; At system restart , Boot error insert &nbsp;System disk <br />
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&nbsp;if I place the Setup Cd in the Cd drive it will complete the Boot <br />
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&nbsp;Shouldn't &nbsp;HDD1 now have all Boot requirements ? <br />
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&nbsp;Will I need to &nbsp;rerun setup ? 
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 A recent installation of Server 2003 .  Used CD to install .   BIOS boot order is HDD1, HDD2,CD     

 After installation removed CD .   At system restart , Boot error insert  System disk 

 if I place the Setup Cd in the Cd drive it will complete the Boot 

 Shouldn't  HDD1 now have all Boot requirements ? 

 Will I need to  rerun setup ? 

Boot Failure requires system disk

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).