Red Label
02-09-2001, 06:44 PM
I was installing a new hard drive and somewhere in the process of
reformating my old drive and removing it from my computer i ended up having to remove the old swap file from that disk. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but then once I removed the swap and rebooted it gives a error that I either don't have a swap file or it's too small. It then says to proceed to "my computer" and explainsn how to change it. But the problem is that I can't even get my desktocome up, therefore I can't get to "My computer". I cant even get into the safe mode or console to fix anything. I would like to know if there is a way to manually change these virtual memory settings, via registery or .ini file editing. I now have 2 copies of win2k running, so I can still access to all the files from my old win2k version. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> >
>FROM [email protected]
> Just a thought, please tell me if this works...
>
> From your second installation, specify the location of the swap file
to be
> in the same partition as your first installation. If you can remember
the
> size then make that the same. Boot into the first OS, hopefully it
will make
> use of this new swap file that is 'shared' between both
installations. Or
> you could even try copying pagefile.sys between partitions.
>
> Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration?
>
> K
>
>
yes I have tried going back to last known good configuration, but it didn't work. i guess it doesn't take the swap file in account. Both installs are on the same partition, so the pagefile is located on the C;, same as the old install. I completely wiped out the swap file on the old install. I figured I could reset it later. So it's was set at zero. The new install is set to default size, but the first install still doesn't recognize it.
The message it gives me is very "mircosoft" It tells me it doesn't have enough memory blah blah and tells me what to do to change the settings. Once I click okay; I hear my startup music, once that finishes playing, then my shut down music plays. (During this time the desktop stays black) Then the message shows up again.
LOOP UNTIL you hit the reset button.
anymore ideas?
thanks
reformating my old drive and removing it from my computer i ended up having to remove the old swap file from that disk. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but then once I removed the swap and rebooted it gives a error that I either don't have a swap file or it's too small. It then says to proceed to "my computer" and explainsn how to change it. But the problem is that I can't even get my desktocome up, therefore I can't get to "My computer". I cant even get into the safe mode or console to fix anything. I would like to know if there is a way to manually change these virtual memory settings, via registery or .ini file editing. I now have 2 copies of win2k running, so I can still access to all the files from my old win2k version. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> >
>FROM [email protected]
> Just a thought, please tell me if this works...
>
> From your second installation, specify the location of the swap file
to be
> in the same partition as your first installation. If you can remember
the
> size then make that the same. Boot into the first OS, hopefully it
will make
> use of this new swap file that is 'shared' between both
installations. Or
> you could even try copying pagefile.sys between partitions.
>
> Have you tried Last Known Good Configuration?
>
> K
>
>
yes I have tried going back to last known good configuration, but it didn't work. i guess it doesn't take the swap file in account. Both installs are on the same partition, so the pagefile is located on the C;, same as the old install. I completely wiped out the swap file on the old install. I figured I could reset it later. So it's was set at zero. The new install is set to default size, but the first install still doesn't recognize it.
The message it gives me is very "mircosoft" It tells me it doesn't have enough memory blah blah and tells me what to do to change the settings. Once I click okay; I hear my startup music, once that finishes playing, then my shut down music plays. (During this time the desktop stays black) Then the message shows up again.
LOOP UNTIL you hit the reset button.
anymore ideas?
thanks