Can't boot into my Win XP! (Long read, get comfy)

[low-standards]

Oh man. First let me tell you my problem for those who don't have to read this whole post and already know what is wrong.

I have Win XP Home on drive "D"
I have a drive "C" that is already formatted
I cannot get into Win XP even with first boot drive set to "D"

Now for the looooong story of how I got to my problem:
Last night I went to install my newly bought Win XP Home full version. I chose the advanced install and to install all files from the CD. So when windows setup rebooted and continued the install progress it asked me which drive to install to. I chose to install on drive "C" (the largest) but setup told me it couldn't as Win 98 is on there and 2 OS on same drive is a no-no. It also told me it can't do so as there are temp files needed for setup on there. (So what is the point of loading from the CD?) So fine, I then instructed setup to go ahead and convert drive "D" to NTFS and install there on "D". Heck I'll go ahead and format and convert "C" later on. All went well. XP rocks. Anyway, now when I turn on my computer I get a prompt that reads:

Windows XP Home
Windows

So I choose XP of course but now it came time to format "C" so that I can use it. So I booted to DOS and formatted "C" and now when I start the computer I get the prompt:

Invalid system disk.

Doh. So I then, went to bios and changed boot drive to "D" (this is where XP is anyway). So I reboot and get the prompt:

Cannot locate NTLDR
Press CTRL-ALT-Del to Restart

What the hell? Looks like drive "D" relied on drive "C" even though I haven't installed ANY programs since the XP install. The drives are completely independant!! So 1.5 hours of work for nothing.


Is there anyway I can get into my XP drive "D." Will Recovery Console from the XP CD-rom repair the problem? Can I install XP from Dos? I ask all of this as I have no internet yet and need to know when I get home today. Thanks in advance for ANY advice