HELP! This is drivin' me nuts! WON"T CREATE A PAGEFILE!

[Denver]

I can't install any programs because they tell me, "not
enough disk space".

I have C: with 500MB free M: with 10GB free, and N: with
30GB free.

I had previously removed the swap file from C: and put it
on M: and N:. Everything seemed to be fine.

I read the tech docs for the program I am installing and
it said I MUST have a pagefile on C:. Great! I put the
page file on C: and remove it from the other 2 drives,
reboot, then I did't have enough memory for windows! I
recover it, and NOW have the pagefile on ALL 3 drives,
but guess what? I do a search for "pagefile.sys" and it
is on M: and N: but NOT on C:! WTF???
I look at technet, it tells me to make sure I have the
user "System" with full access on C:. I do that, NO
PAGEFILE! I check the REGISTRY and sure enough, it
correctly show a pagefile is SUPPOSED to be on all 3
drives! The settings are 190MB - 450MB.
What is the deal??? Why won't windows create a page file
on C:???
Thanks in advance.

 

[Ralph Farmer [MSFT}]

Check permissions on C:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=140472
Ralph [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

 

[ButtCrack]

Thank you, but I saw that, and have done the registry work around.

See: Key Name: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory
Management
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 12/29/2003 - 1:50 PM
Value 0
Name: ClearPageFileAtShutdown
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 1
Name: DisablePagingExecutive
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 2
Name: IoPageLockLimit
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 3
Name: LargeSystemCache
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 4
Name: NonPagedPoolQuota
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 5
Name: NonPagedPoolSize
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 6
Name: PagedPoolQuota
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 7
Name: PagedPoolSize
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 8
Name: PagingFiles
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Data: C:\winnt\pagefile.sys 190 450
M:\pagefile.sys 190 400
N:\pagefile.sys 190 400


Value 9
Name: PhysicalAddressExtension
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 10
Name: SecondLevelDataCache
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 11
Name: SystemPages
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0

Value 12
Name: WriteWatch
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x1


No avail.

Check permissions on C:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=140472
Ralph [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

I can't install any programs because they tell me, "not
enough disk space".

I have C: with 500MB free M: with 10GB free, and N: with
30GB free.

I had previously removed the swap file from C: and put it
on M: and N:. Everything seemed to be fine.

I read the tech docs for the program I am installing and
it said I MUST have a pagefile on C:. Great! I put the
page file on C: and remove it from the other 2 drives,
reboot, then I did't have enough memory for windows! I
recover it, and NOW have the pagefile on ALL 3 drives,
but guess what? I do a search for "pagefile.sys" and it
is on M: and N: but NOT on C:! WTF???
I look at technet, it tells me to make sure I have the
user "System" with full access on C:. I do that, NO
PAGEFILE! I check the REGISTRY and sure enough, it
correctly show a pagefile is SUPPOSED to be on all 3
drives! The settings are 190MB - 450MB.
What is the deal??? Why won't windows create a page file
on C:???
Thanks in advance.