"Your system has no paging file ..."

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Robert

I attempted to add a slave hard drive to my machine. When
I rebooted, I got the error message "Your system has no
paging file, or the paging file is too small."

I removed the new slave drive, and still have the same
problem.

I am not able to log on to the computer.

The Knowledge Base does not address how to fix this. It
might have something to do with the boot partition drive
letters not matching. I am not running NTFS.

Anybody?
 
Rob:

Change things back if not sure.

From my experience with multiple HDs, you must manually change jumpers
on them. The BIOS might also need to be set. Per paging file, I don't
remember having to do that unless you have volumes spread over drives.

This is help section from WIN2K PC.

"To change the size of the virtual memory paging file

Open System in Control Panel.
On the Advanced tab, click Performance Options, and under Virtual
memory, click Change.
In the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging file you
want to change.
Under Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size
in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then
click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the minimum or maximum page file
settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those
changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.

Notes

You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
change the size of your computer's paging file.
To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click
Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.
For best performance, set the initial size to not less than the
recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The
recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your
system.
Usually, you should leave the paging file at its recommended size,
although you might increase its size if you routinely use programs that
require a lot of memory.
To delete a paging file, set both initial size and maximum size to zero.

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