Can't create pagefile

[triad1234]

Got 'Your system has no paging file or the paging file is too small...' warning message when boot up xp pro, went to system..advanced..Performance..settings..advanced..change and changed virtual memory to 1.5x of physical ram and rebooted, but I still get the same error message after reboot. Found Total paging file size for all drivers showed 0 Mb. I even tried to manully change from Registry setting but still failed. This is a new installation of XP pro.

Anybody has seen this kind of problem?
Thanks in advance for any tips to fix this issue.

Rob

 

[bcastner]

For a new installation:

. See the notes by Dan Petri and Jim Eshelman:

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

. This issue should be looked at carefully:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;259151

 

[triad1234]

Followed your technowledgy links but none of them fixed my problem. Any other thoughts?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[temporello]

How many partitions do you have?

 

[bcastner]

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q257/7/58.asp&NoWebContent=1

 

[triad1234]

There is only one partition with my XP pro, and I even can't see Pagefile.sys on root of drive C after turned off hide protected of operating system files. I have installed quite number of XPs and this is the first one that I can't change the pagefile size or you can say that Changes to paging file settings are not retained.

Rob

 

[bcastner]

From notes by Kelly Theriot:

Start/Run/Regedit: Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement

There you will find these entries: PagingFiles:Reg_Multi_SZ:C:\pagefile.sys. TempPageFile:Reg_Dword:0x1

If the PagingFiles: entry is populated, delete the entire TempPageFile entry then reboot. Or...

Check your settings here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement

PagingFiles
Reg_Multi_SZ type
Value for System Managed on C: is C:\Pagefile.sys 0 0

To change the minimum and maximum values, change the 0's to the Min and Max values you want. Example: C:\Pagefile.sys 766 1024

You will also need to make this change in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001, ControlSet002 and ControlSet003 branches, if they exist.

Note:

This behavior may occur with certain Intel chipsets -- for example, the Intel D845WN motherboard or the Intel 815 graphics chipset.

To resolve this issue, download and then install the Intel Application Accelerator (IAA) for Windows XP. For more information about how to do this, contact Intel or browse to the following Intel Web site:

http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa

For more information about the Intel D845WN motherboard, browse to the following Intel Web site:

http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/wn/index.htm

For more information about the Intel 815 chipset, browse to the following Intel Web site:

http://support.intel.com/design/chipsets/815