Deleting a (former) system file

[Guest]

Win XP Home - AMD Athalon-M 2800+ w/512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD

About a month ago my system crashed, (I tried to run OE and WinDVD @ the
same time and POOF!). When it booted back up I had no page file
(C:\Pagefile.sys did not exist anymore). After using different options, I
went into my registry and reset my pagefile to a larger size and set it to
C:\Pagefile2.sys. However, during this time, I never got back the free space
that should have been associated w/my old pagefile being removed.

Today I installed Directory Snoop 5, and when I ran it for the 1st time, I
saw my old pagefile sitting in C: as a regular file, but when I went to go
delete it, I was told that it was a system file and it couldn't delete system
files.

What I would like to know, is there a third party program that I can startup
before XP and use it to delete this old pagefile from my system?

 

[Guest]

You could try using the Recovery Console and deleting it there. I'm not
positive it will work, but it's worth a shot. Get to the recovery console by
booting to your XP CD and selecting option "r".

 

[Rock]

Win XP Home - AMD Athalon-M 2800+ w/512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD

About a month ago my system crashed, (I tried to run OE and WinDVD @ the
same time and POOF!). When it booted back up I had no page file
(C:\Pagefile.sys did not exist anymore). After using different options, I
went into my registry and reset my pagefile to a larger size and set it to
C:\Pagefile2.sys. However, during this time, I never got back the free space
that should have been associated w/my old pagefile being removed.

Today I installed Directory Snoop 5, and when I ran it for the 1st time, I
saw my old pagefile sitting in C: as a regular file, but when I went to go
delete it, I was told that it was a system file and it couldn't delete system
files.

What I would like to know, is there a third party program that I can startup
before XP and use it to delete this old pagefile from my system?

Use Bart's PE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Win XP Home - AMD Athalon-M 2800+ w/512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD

About a month ago my system crashed, (I tried to run OE and WinDVD @ the
same time and POOF!). When it booted back up I had no page file
(C:\Pagefile.sys did not exist anymore). After using different options, I
went into my registry and reset my pagefile to a larger size and set it to
C:\Pagefile2.sys. However, during this time, I never got back the free space
that should have been associated w/my old pagefile being removed.

Today I installed Directory Snoop 5, and when I ran it for the 1st time, I
saw my old pagefile sitting in C: as a regular file, but when I went to go
delete it, I was told that it was a system file and it couldn't delete system
files.

What I would like to know, is there a third party program that I can startup
before XP and use it to delete this old pagefile from my system?

Try using a command prompt, even Safe Mode - Command Prompt Only. Go to
where you know the file is and use the Attrib command to change the file so
it is neither system or hidden. Once that's done you can delete it.

HTH
-pk