change pagefile

[John]

When I attempt to open a pagefile on drive e the screen goes black and
system shuts down.
Disk c & d are on one hard disk and e is the second.

I've tried having a little one on c 2 g but nothing works.

I want to get the pagefile off c: because I'm making movies... the
software suggested putting the pagefile on another drive.

Thanks

John

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following article:

"Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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"John" > wrote in message
...
> When I attempt to open a pagefile on drive e the screen goes black and
> system shuts down.
> Disk c & d are on one hard disk and e is the second.
>
> I've tried having a little one on c 2 g but nothing works.
>
> I want to get the pagefile off c: because I'm making movies... the
> software suggested putting the pagefile on another drive.
>
> Thanks
>
> John

[John]

Will Denny wrote:
> Hi
>
> Please try the following article:
>
> "Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>
I read this before I tried to change it. I tried 2 on the c drive and
more on the e drive as one of my tries. Nothing works. Any attempt to
put even some pagefile on the e drive creates a major error.

John

[Martin]

"John" > wrote in message
...
> Will Denny wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Please try the following article:
>>
>> "Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>>
> I read this before I tried to change it. I tried 2 on the c drive and more
> on the e drive as one of my tries. Nothing works. Any attempt to put even
> some pagefile on the e drive creates a major error.
>
> John

Check that there's not a pagefile.sys already on the root of the drive that
you're trying to put a new pagefile on to.
I've changed my pagefile many a time and sometimes find a 'stray'
pagefile.sys left on a drive that i've since removed the pagefile from.

You'll need to go to Folder Options > View > Uncheck 'Hide protected
operating system files' to see if there's any redundant pagefile.sys on your
drives.

Martin.

[John]

Martin wrote:
> "John" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Will Denny wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Please try the following article:
>>>
>>>"Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
>>>http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>>>
>>
>>I read this before I tried to change it. I tried 2 on the c drive and more
>>on the e drive as one of my tries. Nothing works. Any attempt to put even
>>some pagefile on the e drive creates a major error.
>>
>>John
>
>
> Check that there's not a pagefile.sys already on the root of the drive that
> you're trying to put a new pagefile on to.
> I've changed my pagefile many a time and sometimes find a 'stray'
> pagefile.sys left on a drive that i've since removed the pagefile from.
>
> You'll need to go to Folder Options > View > Uncheck 'Hide protected
> operating system files' to see if there's any redundant pagefile.sys on your
> drives.
>
> Martin.
>
>
Nope... no pagefile except on c

JOhn