Hard disk error "boot drive not found...."

After screwing around to see how hard it would be to upgrade my hard disk, I started getting the ol' boot device not found error.
So, I went online on another machine and found that I could boot into a menu of boot devices by holding down the OPTION key.  It presents me with options to boot from DVD, external drives, network, or lo and behold my MacHD.  If I select my MacHD, after a minute it will boot as usual and present me with the
logon screen.  I could just let it go and continue to do this, or what can I do to put it back the way it was so I can boot without holding down a key?
My intention is to upgrade to a 2TB drive as I see it's easy enough for me to do myself. 

Try SMC and PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Ciao.

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