[siwilson]

OK, here's the scoop.


I just finished building my new HTPC and have all the software just how I want it and BAMM! my 3 month old IBM Deskstar 60GXP hard drive craps out on me. Luckily I have a fairly recent ghost image so no problem, or so I thought.


I can take the ghost image and load it down to another drive and 2000 boots, but it gets stuck in a loop telling me that the paging file is missing or too small and that I should make it bigger. The trouble is that I can never get past this message to make it bigger.


Would there be a way to create a paging file via a dos prompt. I can boot to dos quite happily? I have tried safe mode, but that gives the same result as does last known good.


Hopefully someone will have the answer before I decide to satart from scratch again.


HEEEELLLLLPPPPP

 

[e vey]

I can think of one way:

Boot from the CD and run a Repair. Not the Repair console, but a repair of the installation where you have to use the 'R' key.


but that is a pain and you would have to reinstall SP2 (if you have an older copy) patches etc.


Here is an idea:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...;en-us;Q255205


And stop at step 3, before you delete the file. Just leave it that way and exit the repair console.


It might just work . . .

 

[andersbk]

While the BIOS is booting, keep tapping the F8 key.

A menu will appear.

Select "Safe Mode" boot.

Win2k will boot into safe mode, and you should then be able to change the virtual memory settings.


gluck,


-anders

 

[e vey]

That safe mode trick works in Win9x, but not Win2k. He found that out.


>I have tried safe mode, but that gives the same result as does last known good.