Anilrgowda

Question: I'm getting the messages about not having a page and that it is creating a temporary one. I only get this message if I set the pagefile as usual under my computer->advanced->performance->etc. If I turn the page file off I get no message. No matter what I do pagefile.sys is not created. (yes I'm viewing hidden files and not hiding system files). If I go to recovery console to try to delete it pagefile.sys still doesn't exist. If I try to copy boot.ini to pagefile.sys I get Access is denied (also if i try to create a file named pagefile.sys in the root of c:\ inside XP it says the file already exists). So it seems that the file is there in some fashion however I can't see it no matter what I try to do. I've run chkdsk many times, so my question is does anyone have some trick or utility to help find and delete pagefile.sys when it is in limbo?

Anilrgowda

Have you run SFC Scannow yet? You might give that a try. You'll need your XP CD.
You might want to see if the pagefile entry is listed within the registry as well. (Remember to be careful in the registry!)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management
For more information on the pagefile and its settings please see this URL.
Pagefile Optimization