Error loading operating system - Boot Camp

Craig Seeman

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MacPro 8 Core 2.8GHz, OS 10.5.7, 8GB RAM
Parallels 4.0.3844
Additional internal 500GB HD single partition (entire disk) Windows XP Home NTFS format
Boot Camp into Windows works without issue so there appears to be no obvious issue with the Windows OS.

In Mac OS
Start Parallels Desktop
black window opens and gets to

Trying to boot from Primary Master IDE drive . . .
Error loading operating system_


I installed Parallels a few days ago and it worked without issue.
Recently I got the Unable to connect Hard Disk 1.
Now I'm getting the above error.

I don't see any clear way to trouble shoot or fix this issue. I'm not sure what caused it either so I'm not sure what to do to prevent it from happening again.
 

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