Can't boot, Virtual memory .. Paging Quota ...

[fox]

Hi,

I've been down for 4 days and can't take any more.
I blew out my power supply which blew out my
MotherBoard.

After replacements I booted up and made some
dopy error. I remove the paging files from my
slave drive's logical drives and did not increase
my boot drive paging file.

Now it won't boot, citing this problem.
"Can't boot up windows: Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is
available... bah bah!

I loaded the drive (its a scsi) as a slave on another
XP Home and I am trying to use the LOAD HIVE
to change the registry settings to increase the
paging file size.

My questions are, will this be enough to actually reset
the paging file or is this only part of it? And my other
question has to do with the procedure. Then instructions
I have found online do not match the action of my
regedit. Can anyone give me the step by step for
loading the hive (system)?

I am asked for to find the file. I navigate to system.
I am then asked for the KEY. I use HKLM spelled
out. I read I was going to give it a name so I could
navigate to it. this did not happen. The option did not
appear. Trying to make up a name instead of the
Key does not work. It all seems weird. Why do I
navigate to the slave and select the file, only to have
to enter the KEY? One time the kep appeared
as a dupllicate of the HKLM underitself, but the
entries were my boot drive repeated and not the
slave.

Any help would be appreciated.

Fox

 

[fox]

Hi,

I've been down for 4 days and can't take any more.
I blew out my power supply which blew out my
MotherBoard.

After replacements I booted up and made some
dopy error. I remove the paging files from my
slave drive's logical drives and did not increase
my boot drive paging file.

Now it won't boot, citing this problem.
"Can't boot up windows: Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is
available... bah bah!

I loaded the drive (its a scsi) as a slave on another
XP Home and I am trying to use the LOAD HIVE
to change the registry settings to increase the
paging file size.

My questions are, will this be enough to actually reset
the paging file or is this only part of it? And my other
question has to do with the procedure. Then instructions
I have found online do not match the action of my
regedit. Can anyone give me the step by step for
loading the hive (system)?

I am asked for to find the file. I navigate to system.
I am then asked for the KEY. I use HKLM spelled
out. I read I was going to give it a name so I could
navigate to it. this did not happen. The option did not
appear. Trying to make up a name instead of the
Key does not work. It all seems weird. Why do I
navigate to the slave and select the file, only to have
to enter the KEY? One time the kep appeared
as a dupllicate of the HKLM underitself, but the
entries were my boot drive repeated and not the
slave.

Any help would be appreciated.

Fox

OK, I can load the hive. But this entry is REG_MUTLI_SZ and the data looks
intimidating.
Can I create the paging file I want on the current
boot drive and use the same data to create the
paging file on the now salve? It appears that if
I create it and open it in Notepad, I could then
adjust the path and import it. Is that dumb or smart?

Thanks,
Fox

 

[Guest]

Whatever you are doing, you will not get the system to load.

By changing the motherboard you have also made the system unbootable! Part
of the anti-piracy features of XP.

You may just be better off to run a Repair installation, which is what is
required to accomodate the change in Mobo anyway.

Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and
then restart your computer.

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen,
press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Your computer must be configured to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
This is managed in BIOS. For more information about how to configure your
computer to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, see your computer's
documentation or contact your computer manufacturer.

You receive the following message on the Welcome to Setup screen that
appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on
your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the
box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.

After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of Windows
XP. It will also be necessary to apply any updates or Service Packs [SP2
only; no need for SP1 before SP2].

WARNING:
If you are performing a repair installation because there has been a major
configuration change [such as change of Hard Drive or Motherboard], then you
should check to see if this change is permitted according to your version of
XP.
OEM editions are not permitted to be ‘moved’ to new hardware, such as a
different make / model Mobo or Hard Drive.

To ensure that the repair installation is ‘legal’ you may need to buy a
retail version or upgrade edition before performing this step.

 

[fox]

This was all done previously. I already reactivated.
The system was up and running, but my drive
letters needed to be changed, since they booted
differently than the way I had them previously set.
I needed to change the drive letters and messed up.
I removed the letters thinking I could then reuse them.
There was no way to cancel this or reset them before
rebooting. I also have removed the paging files
using the virtual memory settings in system.

The problems started when I removed the paging
files from my logical drives on my slave drive.
Since then I cannot boot without the error message.

I tried changing the registry keys that effect the
paging file size. There were three controlset instances.
On the good boot drive they are controlset001,
contorlset002 and currentconttrol set. On the slaved
boot they were controlset001, controlset002 and
controlset003, which I tried tto rename to currentcontrolset. This was not
allowed. Now when
I tried to use that drive to boot, it cannot initialize the
configuration. I do have a backed up copy of the
complete drive, so I can replace the files I messed with.

If you have any idea what i can do from here, it would
be appreciated.

Thanks for your response.
Fox

Whatever you are doing, you will not get the system to load.

By changing the motherboard you have also made the system unbootable!
Part
of the anti-piracy features of XP.

You may just be better off to run a Repair installation, which is what is
required to accomodate the change in Mobo anyway.

Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and
then restart your computer.

When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen,
press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Your computer must be configured to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive.
This is managed in BIOS. For more information about how to configure your
computer to start from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, see your computer's
documentation or contact your computer manufacturer.

You receive the following message on the Welcome to Setup screen that
appears:
This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft Windows XP to run on
your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER to set up Windows XP.

On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to agree to the
license agreement.

Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the
box, and then press R to repair Windows XP.

After you repair Windows XP, you may have to reactivate your copy of
Windows
XP. It will also be necessary to apply any updates or Service Packs [SP2
only; no need for SP1 before SP2].

WARNING:
If you are performing a repair installation because there has been a major
configuration change [such as change of Hard Drive or Motherboard], then
you
should check to see if this change is permitted according to your version
of
XP.
OEM editions are not permitted to be 'moved' to new hardware, such as a
different make / model Mobo or Hard Drive.

To ensure that the repair installation is 'legal' you may need to buy a
retail version or upgrade edition before performing this step.

OK, I can load the hive. But this entry is REG_MUTLI_SZ and the data
looks
intimidating.
Can I create the paging file I want on the current
boot drive and use the same data to create the
paging file on the now salve? It appears that if
I create it and open it in Notepad, I could then
adjust the path and import it. Is that dumb or smart?

Thanks,
Fox