XJDenton: You just need to rewrite the master boot record (MBR). Don’t panic, it’s easy to fix.
Boot from the XP installation CD and after a minute or so of loading, select “repair” when you are given the options to “install”, “repair” or “quit”. "Repair" eventually takes you to a DOS-like command line (i.e., the Recovery Console). Then run “fixmbr” (i.e., fix the mbr) and exit. Everything should be fine when you reboot.
If you have a FAT16 or FAT32 partition on the hard disk, you can also boot using a Win95/98/ME Boot Disk and run “fdisk /mbr” from the command line. This does not work if you only have NTFS partitions.
Hope that helps.
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