This is a hard one. Windows XP paging file.?

3 thoughts on “This is a hard one. Windows XP paging file.?”

1. THE ONE says:

   April 19, 2010 at 11:05 am

   I’m betting you’ve tried the other answers, here’s a couple other ideas.
   Make a DOS boot disk(this cannot be done in a dos window) with the ATTRIB.EXE file on it. Boot from the disk, go to C:\ , type attrib pagefile.sys and enter.
   If it’s there, it will show as having the H and S and maybe R attributes. Change them like this

   attrib -h -s pagefile.sys (add -r if it was there)

   now, delete it and reboot to windows, if it’s still a problem, it’s a registry thing, the D word value is incorrect in the key shown below(example).

   From Start, Run, type regedt32 in the box, click ok and go to the following location:

   Hkey_local_machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

   There you will find these entries:

   PagingFiles:Reg_Multi_SZ:C:\pagefile.sys 190 380 (or similar)

   TempPageFile:Reg_Dword:0x1

   If the PagingFiles: entry is populated, delete the entire TempPageFile entry then reboot.

   best I can do, hope it works!

2. Tarik C says:

   April 19, 2010 at 11:05 am

   Try this it might be of a help to you:
   Right click on my computer and click properties.
   Go to advanced tab.
   There will be three settings buttons, you need to click on the one that is under the performance section.
   Then go to advanced tab on that window.
   On the bottom of the advanced tab there is virtual memory.
   click the change button.
   And then there will be three options to select from, even the custom size or system managed size or no page file.
   To to do a custom size put it from 16 to 1500.
   See if this will resolve the issue.
   If not try the system managed size.
   Then try to do the repair from the XP CD.
   Hope it helps

3. Joshua D says:

   April 19, 2010 at 11:05 am

   Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.
   Go to Advanced.
   Under Performance, go to Settings, then Advanced.
   Under Virtual Memory, go to Change.
   Choose your C drive and then System Managed size.

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