Ntfs drive not found

[technoob]

Hey all.
Just got a Maxtor external drive, followed the set up instructions, and the drive was recognised.
But now when I boot up I get the NTLDR is missing message.
I am on XP and the system drive is SATA, could that be the problem?
According to Maxtor the external HD should be left turned on, but obviously I am having to turn it off to boot up.
Do I need to change something in BIOS???
Could it be that it is recognising the external HD before the SATA driver is loaded??? And if so what do I do about it
I know its not the end of the world, but if anybody knows what I am overlooking.
Cheers...

 

[k.jacko]

yeah, turn the external off before rebooting. Make sure the external (IDE i presume) is set to CS (cable select). Only mount it when the system is up and booted from the sata OS drive. I had this problem too, solved it this way.

 

[technoob]

Ok, firstly, the message was NTLDR is missing, not NTSF drive not found, no idea where I got that from???
Anyhoo, the external HD was set as the boot drive in BIOS, so just needed to set C as the boot.................DOH!!
Cheers anyway

 

[k.jacko]

Lol, you may have originally typed NTFS, but i read it as NTLDR anyway without knowing!
No worries, glad you sorted it.