Paging file too small, unable to log on.

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Cameron Biggart

Dear All

HELP!!

That's the sucscint version, here's the long one. I have a w2k pro
desktop machine, it has a FAT HDD. When I boot now it gets to the domain
logon screen, allows you to enter a username/password and then pops up a
message that the system has no paging file or that it's too small. It
gives in structions on how to fix that but instead of giving a desktop to
proceed it runs the logon sound and drops back to the Ctrl-Alt-Del to
logon screen.

I have run the repair console from CD and reinstalled all the system
files and it still does the same thing. I have booted to safe mode but it
won't let me log on there with either the local machine administrator or
the doamin one giving the same message about having no page file.

I went to the recovery console and did a dir in the c: dirve and there
was no pagefile.sys so I installed a new (second) version of 2K and
booted fine in that, logged on and it was all hoopy. The pagefile.sys had
been created and all was good with the world. However when I booted back
to the original version (which has all the drivers, software and suchlike
loaded) it still complained about having no pagefile.

I'm at my wits end. Is there somewhere I can force it to recreate the
pagefile it wants if I can't get to the control panel or to the system
properties? Am I just going to have to re-install all the software in the
new copy of 2K and forget about the broken one? I'd assume all the uses
SID's would be wrong then too.

Can anyone give me a pointer?
 
D

Dave Patrick

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dear All
|
| HELP!!
|
| That's the sucscint version, here's the long one. I have a w2k pro
| desktop machine, it has a FAT HDD. When I boot now it gets to the domain
| logon screen, allows you to enter a username/password and then pops up a
| message that the system has no paging file or that it's too small. It
| gives in structions on how to fix that but instead of giving a desktop to
| proceed it runs the logon sound and drops back to the Ctrl-Alt-Del to
| logon screen.
|
| I have run the repair console from CD and reinstalled all the system
| files and it still does the same thing. I have booted to safe mode but it
| won't let me log on there with either the local machine administrator or
| the doamin one giving the same message about having no page file.
|
| I went to the recovery console and did a dir in the c: dirve and there
| was no pagefile.sys so I installed a new (second) version of 2K and
| booted fine in that, logged on and it was all hoopy. The pagefile.sys had
| been created and all was good with the world. However when I booted back
| to the original version (which has all the drivers, software and suchlike
| loaded) it still complained about having no pagefile.
|
| I'm at my wits end. Is there somewhere I can force it to recreate the
| pagefile it wants if I can't get to the control panel or to the system
| properties? Am I just going to have to re-install all the software in the
| new copy of 2K and forget about the broken one? I'd assume all the uses
| SID's would be wrong then too.
|
| Can anyone give me a pointer?
|
| --
| Cameron
| Troll Bridge sponsor #1: bringing Discworld to the Roundworld.
| http://www.snowgumfilms.com
 
D

Dave Patrick

Glad to hear it. You're welcome.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Absolutely Spot on. Thanks, you're a life saver! This let me fix in 3
| minutes what took me all day to bugger up yesterday.
|
| --
| Cameron
| Troll Bridge sponsor #1: bringing Discworld to the Roundworld.
| http://www.snowgumfilms.com
 

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