Installing other security software

I have Norton Security installed on my desk top and I recently installed it on my wife's laptop. I was told to uninstall her existing security software which I did. The next time it was booted up we got the error message "Missing Operating System" and I found out that the problem was that the logical boot device was incorrect and when it was corrected it loaded just fine but now I have to do this each time we boot it up. What did I do wrong?