Boot Loader Issue?

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Hi, well I have a small dilema here. I used to dual boot on my laptop, but just uninstalled Vista. However, when I start up my PC, the boot menu promtping me to select the OS is still present Vista partition is no longer existant. Now, I know there is a quick way to fix it, anybody know how?
 
I'm guessing the existing OS is XP? If so, you can just edit your boot.ini file, or go into System Properties > Advanced > Startup And Recovery.
 
DeaconFrost said:
I'm guessing the existing OS is XP? If so, you can just edit your boot.ini file, or go into System Properties > Advanced > Startup And Recovery.
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Thanks, will try that. Well, the default OS was Vista and XP was installed after that. I removed Vista due to some issues I have been having, now, my boot.ini file only has XP in there, can't restart right now, downloading some big files :(.
 
Ok, bump, issue persists. Looks like I am using BCDEDIT.exe loader that is under Vista. Since the partition has been wiped, isn't there a way to clear the boot loader and re-load it?
 
I believe the command you are looking for is Bootsect.exe. Here is the technet article on it.

I'm guessing that you're going to need to execute it from a command prompt like this:
Code: 
bootsect.exe /nt52 SYS

You can find the executable on your Vista CD in the BOOT folder. I'll admit that I've never tried this, so read up a little more on it and be prepared with some type of linux live CD or a PE distro if you're unsure of it.
 
Or boot from an XP cd in recovery console mode and run

"Fixmbr"
"Fixboot"
 
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