Paging file catch 22

[Jerry Abrams]

Having a site license for Win2K, office 2000 , etc. I used drive image
(multiple times) to copy one harddrive to another, and clone identical
(same motherboard) DEll computers. The last one was a 333 MHz, PII
with 64meg (I even increased to 128M) of RAM. After logging in I get
the "limited virtual memory" errot telling me the paging filke is too
small or does not exist. Then it states to go to right clicky
computer, etc. The problem is after I close the dialog box, the
computer then reboots itself, leaving me to sign in again. The
samething happens in save mode. How can I get to my computer to make
the changes?

 

[Andy]

I would try to reset the paging file, here is a method how to do so,
1.. To reset the paging file on drive C to 0 (zero), change the following
registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management

Type the following PagingFiles value:
C:\pagefile.sys 0 0

2.. Run Sysprep.
3.. Reboot and image the master system. The setting of the page file on
the target system is resized during the first boot on the target system to
match the new system's memory model once deployed.
and here is the article about it,

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295919&Product=win2000

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There are a couple of methods:
- Temporarily install a small formatted slave disk (2 GBytes
will do nicely).
- Edit the registry via a networked machine and reset the
location of the paging file:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Session Manager\Memory Management

 

[George Hester]

Set your NTFS permissions on the drive where the pagefile.sys resides to Everyone Full Permissions.

 

[Alex Nichol]

After logging in I get
the "limited virtual memory" errot telling me the paging filke is too
small or does not exist. Then it states to go to right clicky
computer, etc. The problem is after I close the dialog box, the
computer then reboots itself, leaving me to sign in again.

After making a change non the page file size for any drive you *must*
click the Set button alongside before doing anything else.

The trouble BTW with small memory sizes. that need a lot of page file,
is that 'system managed' makes them actually smaller and quite
inadequate. I suggest an Initial size big enough to bring RAM plus
page file to about 500 MB, with a Max size say another 400 - or more
if there is adequate disk space See www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

 

[Kevin McNiel [MSFT]]

Take a look at this Knowledge Base article. I believe it describes the
problem you're experiencing and some ways to resolve depending on your
computing environment.

249321 Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249321

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
Platform Server Setup Group

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[Jonathan Berry]

249321 Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has
Changed

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249321

Thanks to Kevin McNiel

I had the same problem after cloning my hard drive, today. I followed
method 3 in 249321, and then in 223188, steps 10..., needed first to
delete the incorrect references to the letters of the failing drive.
But it worked just fine. The alternative might have been to wipe
clean and start over again from the beginning.

The method of 223188 gives clues of what might be a successful way to
clone a drive in Win2K without having to go through the agony of
249321. I haven't worked that out, but I bet someone will!

I used drive image
(multiple times) to copy one harddrive to another, and clone identical
(same motherboard) DEll computers. The last one was a 333 MHz, PII
with 64meg (I even increased to 128M) of RAM. After logging in I get
the "limited virtual memory" errot telling me the paging file is too
small or does not exist. [...]