Won't boot to Win XP off HDD but will load

Just built system, all new, Windows XP installed and activated after flashing mobo and updating all drivers. Boot order in BIOS is CD-HDD-Floppy, have tried HDD-CD-Floppy, no difference. HDD is sole drive master on IDE 1 (yes, the two opticals on IDE 2 put them in contention but I need a longer IDE cable to slave DVD to IDE 1 with HDD).
System will not boot to Win XP without install disk in CD. If disk IS in CD boots to Win XP and runs without a hitch, has straight out of the gate since the build.
I have a feeling it's something terribly basic/obvious that I'm just not seeing or have forgotten, but I'm at a loss and frustrated. Any advice or help would be v-e-r-y appreciated. Just for the record, first system I've built, was happy everything has worked so smoothly except this one annoying fly ion the ointment.

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