Trouble booting after disabling Windows NetBios in Windows..

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My Windows task bar had disappeared for some reason and after trying several
recommended solutions – create new user, restore to prior check point, . I
needed to reinstall Windows XP. I had been up to date running xp2, spybot,
adaware, and mcafee anitvirus, but that wasn’t enough. After reinstalling
windows xp from my disk (which was sp1), I also installed Microsoft
antispyware. I run antispyware on several other computers in my home. I
booted up my machine and everything was working fine. I got a pop up message
from MSFT antispyware regarding windows netbios messenger…

Windows NetBios - Messenger
Microsoft AntiSpyware has detected that the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
Service is currently running. (This service should not be confused with the
peer-to-peer Windows Messenger service, or MSN Messenger service, which are
used for Internet Chat).

Beginning with Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
service is disabled by default. For most users, no functionality will

I clicked on the AntiSpyware button to go ahead and disable the Windows
NetBios Messenger. It then requested that I reboot. When I clicked ok to
reboot, : as i said, on the gateway startup screen, usually at the bottom you
see three messages hit tab to see messages, f1 to change system settings or
f12 to boot from the network. I only see the tab message now and the next
thing I see is invalid boot disk hit ctl alt del to reboot.

I tried fixing the hard drive with fixboot and fixmbr, reinstalling windows.
I even got the same message when I took a good hard drive from my other
computer and tried to boot off of it. It works fine in the other computer.

Please help.

Thanks

 

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Boot to the XP setup CD, and press 'r' for recovery console, run the command : CHKDSK /R

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"tsc22" <tsc22@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:530ADA8B-C664-42F4-A936-DFCBD0E597F0@microsoft.com...
> My Windows task bar had disappeared for some reason and after trying several
> recommended solutions - create new user, restore to prior check point, . I
> needed to reinstall Windows XP. I had been up to date running xp2, spybot,
> adaware, and mcafee anitvirus, but that wasn't enough. After reinstalling
> windows xp from my disk (which was sp1), I also installed Microsoft
> antispyware. I run antispyware on several other computers in my home. I
> booted up my machine and everything was working fine. I got a pop up message
> from MSFT antispyware regarding windows netbios messenger.
>
> Windows NetBios - Messenger
> Microsoft AntiSpyware has detected that the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
> Service is currently running. (This service should not be confused with the
> peer-to-peer Windows Messenger service, or MSN Messenger service, which are
> used for Internet Chat).
>
> Beginning with Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
> service is disabled by default. For most users, no functionality will
>
> I clicked on the AntiSpyware button to go ahead and disable the Windows
> NetBios Messenger. It then requested that I reboot. When I clicked ok to
> reboot, : as i said, on the gateway startup screen, usually at the bottom you
> see three messages hit tab to see messages, f1 to change system settings or
> f12 to boot from the network. I only see the tab message now and the next
> thing I see is invalid boot disk hit ctl alt del to reboot.
>
> I tried fixing the hard drive with fixboot and fixmbr, reinstalling windows.
> I even got the same message when I took a good hard drive from my other
> computer and tried to boot off of it. It works fine in the other computer.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks
>
>

 

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The problem occurred right after I restored windows xp sp1. I had msft
antispyware running and I got a pop up to disable windows netbios. It said it
wasn't required in sp2. I had forgotten that I reinstalled from an sp1 disk,
so I said yes. PC needed to restart. Since then i have not been able to boot
from that disk. I ran chkdsk /r, fixboot, fixmbr. Interestingly, I took a
good hard drive from my other identical pc and that was not recognized
either. The problem is directly traceable to that change.

How do I undo the change that was made when I said yes to disable netbios
question from msft antispyware?

Thank you.

"tsc22" wrote:

> My Windows task bar had disappeared for some reason and after trying several
> recommended solutions – create new user, restore to prior check point, . I
> needed to reinstall Windows XP. I had been up to date running xp2, spybot,
> adaware, and mcafee anitvirus, but that wasn’t enough. After reinstalling
> windows xp from my disk (which was sp1), I also installed Microsoft
> antispyware. I run antispyware on several other computers in my home. I
> booted up my machine and everything was working fine. I got a pop up message
> from MSFT antispyware regarding windows netbios messenger…
>
> Windows NetBios - Messenger
> Microsoft AntiSpyware has detected that the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
> Service is currently running. (This service should not be confused with the
> peer-to-peer Windows Messenger service, or MSN Messenger service, which are
> used for Internet Chat).
>
> Beginning with Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Windows NetBIOS Messenger
> service is disabled by default. For most users, no functionality will
>
> I clicked on the AntiSpyware button to go ahead and disable the Windows
> NetBios Messenger. It then requested that I reboot. When I clicked ok to
> reboot, : as i said, on the gateway startup screen, usually at the bottom you
> see three messages hit tab to see messages, f1 to change system settings or
> f12 to boot from the network. I only see the tab message now and the next
> thing I see is invalid boot disk hit ctl alt del to reboot.
>
> I tried fixing the hard drive with fixboot and fixmbr, reinstalling windows.
> I even got the same message when I took a good hard drive from my other
> computer and tried to boot off of it. It works fine in the other computer.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks
>
>