"Your system has no paging file"

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I used GHOST to image a dying HDD to a new one. Everything went OK until it
rebooted. Now when I enter the password a screen comes up and says

Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small.

It then gives instructions on how to increase the size etc. When I click
on OK, the login screen comes up again, and then the massage. I cannot get
past the login screen.
I have also tried in safe mode, but the same thing....

Any ideas ???


Thanks
 
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BOB said:
I used GHOST to image a dying HDD to a new one. Everything went OK
until it rebooted. Now when I enter the password a screen comes up
and says

Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small.

It then gives instructions on how to increase the size etc. When I
click on OK, the login screen comes up again, and then the massage. I
cannot get past the login screen.
I have also tried in safe mode, but the same thing....

Any ideas ???


Thanks
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This is NOT a DNS question.

But, to help, did you alter the permissions on the C: drive at all? THat
will usually cause this. Never alter the permissions on the system volume
drive unless you know what the required permissions and account should
absolutely be there. A friend of mine messed with his drive perms like that.
He called me to fix it. It was a pain fixing it.

Here's an article to show how to boot in Safe mode with limited virtual
memory and mentions the permissions issue.

Error Message: Your System Has No Paging File, or the Paging File Is Too
Small:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q315270

You can try to use the /MEM=40 option in boot.ini to force and limit the
page file to 40megs, but if the perms have been altered, that will be
difficult if the System account does not have FC on the volume and inherited
down.


more links:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5100/rh5196.htm
http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/59585.html

If that doesn';t work, you can try Winternals ERD boot commander and get in
and alter the drive permissions to default (Everyone FC).

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