Paging file. Missing or deleted.

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During boot up, I always get a message that the paging file is missing. I
have reset it to different sizes and also set it to have Windows manage it
but I don't think it makes any difference.

Is there a way to repair it or reinstall it?
 
So much for that idea... How about Norton/Symantec products, they can
also cause this kind of problem.

Is this a new problem? Did you move the pagefile to a new location
before this began? If you moved the pagefile to a new location did you
keep a minimal pagefile on the boot volume? Did you change permissions
on the drive and folder where the pagefile is located? Do you have
enough free space on the drive for the pagefile? Did you use imaging
products like "Ghost" to prepare drives on your system?

Maybe the pagefile is corrupt, delete the pagefile by setting it to
minimum and maximum size of zero then run a chkdsk on the drive, if the
drive is on the boot volume a chkdsk will be scheduled at the next
reboot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172340

Or you can delete the pagefile from the recovery console then while
booted to the Recovery Console run a chkdsk on the drive.

You receive a "Limited Virtual Memory. Your system is running without a
properly sized paging file" message in Windows NT 4.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241143/

FIX: "Limited Virtual Memory" Error Message When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257758/

How to Delete the Pagefile.sys File in Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255205

John
 
No to all of your questions except I am running Norton 2004. I have tried
setting the page file 0 and rebooting but that did not help.

I will try the recovery consule route.
 
At the same time run the chkdsk on the drive before you reboot. You
might want to (temporarilly) disable *all* your Norton stuff and see if
it makes any difference.

John
 
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