pagefile

[Guest]

i think that my pagefile.sys is corrupted cos its obiviously is causing
problems. so i think i have to remove it and set settings again. so where i
can find the pagefile.sys and how to remove it?

 

[Tara K.]

i think that my pagefile.sys is corrupted cos its obiviously is causing
problems. so i think i have to remove it and set settings again. so where
i
can find the pagefile.sys and how to remove it?

"pagefile.sys" is located in the root directory of C: It's a hidden file,
you'll need to enable view hidden and system files in the
View>Toolbars>Customize menu option

Are you 100% *sure* this is what is causing the problems?

TK

 

[Guest]

"pagefile.sys" is located in the root directory of C: It's a hidden file,
you'll need to enable view hidden and system files in the
View>Toolbars>Customize menu option

Are you 100% *sure* this is what is causing the problems?

TK

im 80% sure :S i had to restart compueter by pushing on/off button cause
comp jamed...after that got errors that i dont have pagefile.sys or its too
small...then changed pagefile.sts size to min 765 max 1560 but still it says
taht size is 265mt only....

 

[Guest]

"pagefile.sys" is located in the root directory of C: It's a hidden file,
you'll need to enable view hidden and system files in the
View>Toolbars>Customize menu option

Are you 100% *sure* this is what is causing the problems?

TK

hmm wat to do if i can see other .sys files but cant find
pagefile.sys....................

 

[Ron Martell]

i think that my pagefile.sys is corrupted cos its obiviously is causing
problems. so i think i have to remove it and set settings again. so where i
can find the pagefile.sys and how to remove it?

I seriously doubt that your problems are being caused by actual
corruption in the pagefile.sys file. When Windows XP boots up it
totally ignores the existing content of the pagefile and anything new
that it puts into the file automatically overwrites whatever was there
previously.

Try booting your computer into Safe Mode and then changing the
pagefile settings to "no paging file". Then reboot the computer and
reconfigure the page file. The old pagefile will be deleted on the
reboot.

See MVP Alex Nichol's article on virtual memory in Windows XP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm for further advice and information.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Guest]

I seriously doubt that your problems are being caused by actual
corruption in the pagefile.sys file. When Windows XP boots up it
totally ignores the existing content of the pagefile and anything new
that it puts into the file automatically overwrites whatever was there
previously.

Try booting your computer into Safe Mode and then changing the
pagefile settings to "no paging file". Then reboot the computer and
reconfigure the page file. The old pagefile will be deleted on the
reboot.

See MVP Alex Nichol's article on virtual memory in Windows XP at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm for further advice and information.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

ty anywayz , but this didnt work :F ...
i think that my problem is this:
"The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the
Virtual Memory settings, set to “No page file,†then exit System Properties,
shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if
more than just C, set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into
use."
but i cant find pagefile.sys

 

[Tara K.]

ty anywayz , but this didnt work :F ...
i think that my problem is this:
"The page file has become corrupt, possibly at a bad shutdown. In the
Virtual Memory settings, set to "No page file," then exit System
Properties,
shut down the machine, and reboot. Delete PAGEFILE.SYS (on each drive, if
more than just C, set the page file up again and reboot to bring it into
use."
but i cant find pagefile.sys

Did you enable "show hidden and system files" in Windows Explorer? (Under
Tools>Folder options>View)

Try doing a search for pagefile.sys once you've enabled the show hidden
files option.

TK

 

[Guest]

Did you enable "show hidden and system files" in Windows Explorer? (Under

Tools>Folder options>View)

Try doing a search for pagefile.sys once you've enabled the show hidden
files option.

TK

yes i did, cant see it even then...if i type to cmd.exe "cd c:\pagefile.sys"
it says sumthing like "access deniend" (this is bad translation) so i supose
taht there is pagefile.sys but sumhow i cant see it

 

[Ron Martell]

yes i did, cant see it even then...if i type to cmd.exe "cd c:\pagefile.sys"
it says sumthing like "access deniend" (this is bad translation) so i supose
taht there is pagefile.sys but sumhow i cant see it

That command will not show you the file. CD means "change to
directory" (directory = folder) and pagefile.sys is not a folder.

Try entering:

CMD DIR C:\PAGEFILE.SYS /A /S

and see what happens. Make sure you insert the blank spaces into the
command.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."