Page File Cannot be Implimented!

[tribeca]

I have no pagefile in xp. When attempt to change the settings, they are never implemented.Consequently, on every bootup I get the following error message: "Your system has no page file or the page file is too small." This seems to also make the bootup a very long process. I did not have this problem when I first did a clean install of XP but yesterday I had to reinstall XP to get an HP Officejet R80 to work correctly, which it did but now I have this strange, seemingly unfixable page file error. Any solutions to this or do I have to reinstall again...?

 

[tribeca]

I've not been able to use the recovery console. Upon booting from the XP CD, and going to the Recovery console option, I'm asked for the administrator password. Since I am the only user, I am there as the "administrator" but there's no password. I tried adding a password to the administrator account so, after being "password protected", I went back to the option and it would not accept my password. I then loaded in the recovery console as a start-up option but again it would ask for a password when there is none.

Can you give me any other options...to solve either this recovery console problem or the paging problem?

 

[tribeca]

Found and used the repair option but it did not solve the problem. I still have it. Can you suggest anything else? Or should I run the repair option a second time?

 

[tribeca]

The paging file is in the registry just where you noted it should be. The Win XP recommendation is for a min of 1246. I deleted the registry entry, just in case and then re-entered the data, rebooted and saw it there again. I have two Hard Disks so I even tried to put the paging file on my second HD. No matter what I do I cannot seem to get this thing implemented..that error keeps coming up which, of course, greatly slows the boot-up. I think there must be a service or someting optional I might have inadvertenly unchecked, or unchecked..do you think that could be the problem?

 

[tribeca]

I threw in the towel and reinstalled XP in a new directory and then reinstalled everything. The paging file is now there and all is now ok. My first HD is a 40 Gig. the second is a 30 Gig. Both were defraged ok. On the primary HD there was 30 G free. The board is a new MSI with a Pent IV 1.7 and 800+ SDRam. Video cardis the 64 MB GeForce 2. All was updated. I dumped accelerator just in case. Whatever was wrong remains a mystery...

Thanks for your time & helpful alternatives...

 

[tribeca]

I did as you said and the rights are for "administrators" which I was in my previous XP installation. Although I did not check this particular item, I was logged on as the administrator as no one else uses my computer & I am sure about the administrative rights previously.

By the way, where are you located? I'm in Manila (Philippines).

 

[Derek Martins]

Paging file error

I have had the same problem... after I installed XP I kept getting the Virtual memory low problem.... paging file is too small or not enough disk space..
I have a SCSI drive for my system drive.. over 17g free..
I also have a gforce 32bit graphics card, and a MSI mobo...
I have an athalon xp 1800+ chip..
I am going to tryo to reinstall the scsi drive controller drivers.