Erase Windows Vista Boot Loader

Although you have erase Windows Vista from you hard drive and install a fresh Windows XP as a replacement, Vista boot loader will still remain on your system.  This is quite annoying because we will see Windows Vista bootloader every time we boot our PC.

There are two ways we can do to erase Windows Vista bootloader, the first one:

1. Boot to Windows XP. Put your Vista DVD to your DVD-Rom
2. Click on Start -> Run, and type x:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 All /force
   Note: "x" is your DVD-Rom drive name.

Or you can try the second steps:

1. Boot you PC using Windows XP SP2 CD.
2. Run the Recovery Console.
3. When the console is loaded, type "fixboot" (without quotes) and press Enter.
4. Then, type "fixmbr" (without quotes) and press Enter.
5. Reboot your PC to see the results.