YOU CANNOT JUST DELETE OR FORMAT Windows XP drive.
1. Run Disk Management.
There is a partition/drive marked as active (it will also have attribute "system") - all boot related files are there !
2. If Windows XP is on active you should:
2. a) ensure you have a Windows 7...
There are some misunderstandings with Windows 8 boot manager.
Windows 8 boot manager can do everything Windows 7 boot manager can do.
Coming back to boot behavior:
1. If you want to make Windows 8 to be default loader and have old "text style" boot menu and behavior:
bcdedit /set {id}...
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