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Prince · 03-18-2004, 08:44 PM

I'm having a problem with Windows' paging file. I stumbled on the paging file properties page, and while I made no changes to it whatsoever, when I navigated away from the page it complained something, I don't remember what precisely. So I tried to adjust the settings so that Windows would be happy, and have tried so repeatedly, with no luck. It wants me to reboot, and I do, but once it starts Windows again it complains something about there not being a sufficient page file.

My partitions are as follows:
C is a small 800 mb partition that contains FreeDOS.
D is the Windows Server 2003 system partition, 18 GB total, 15 free.
E is a data partition, 30 GB.
F is another data partition, small.

Any advice at all would be great, I usually don't mess with these settings at all. I've selected to allow Windows to determine the settings for all drives but it still isn't happy. It's almost as if it just won't take the settings.

Someone suggested that I set only the E drive (data drive) to have a paging file, of the fixed size of 2.5 times the amount of my physical memory. And disable paging for all other drives. This did not help either. I've tried different combos. Whenever I reboot the system, the paging file's size is zero.

Any help at all would be appreciated.

03-18-2004, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	Paging file problems I'm having a problem with Windows' paging file. I stumbled on the paging file properties page, and while I made no changes to it whatsoever, when I navigated away from the page it complained something, I don't remember what precisely. So I tried to adjust the settings so that Windows would be happy, and have tried so repeatedly, with no luck. It wants me to reboot, and I do, but once it starts Windows again it complains something about there not being a sufficient page file. My partitions are as follows: C is a small 800 mb partition that contains FreeDOS. D is the Windows Server 2003 system partition, 18 GB total, 15 free. E is a data partition, 30 GB. F is another data partition, small. Any advice at all would be great, I usually don't mess with these settings at all. I've selected to allow Windows to determine the settings for all drives but it still isn't happy. It's almost as if it just won't take the settings. Someone suggested that I set only the E drive (data drive) to have a paging file, of the fixed size of 2.5 times the amount of my physical memory. And disable paging for all other drives. This did not help either. I've tried different combos. Whenever I reboot the system, the paging file's size is zero. Any help at all would be appreciated. __________________ Who is John Galt?